Self righting in the free-living coral Manicina areolata (Cnidaria: Scleractinia): Morphological constraints

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Uhrin, Amy V ^a,b   Slade, Christopher L ^c   Holmquist, Jeff G ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral behavior; Manicina areolata; Righting; Scleractinia

Indexed keywords

CORAL; MORPHOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; MANICINA AREOLATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 24644441317     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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