Intraspecific contact and egg production in the massive coral Goniastrea aspera in Okinawa, subtropical Japan

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 659-664

  Sakai, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony integration; Coral reef; Egg production; Intraspecific contact; Reproduction; Scleractinian coral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; JAPAN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; JAPAN; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA ASPERA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 22544439372     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.659     Document Type: Article

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