Polyp oriented modelling of coral growth

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-576

  Merks, Roeland M H ^a,b   Hoekstra, Alfons G ^a   Kaandorp, Jaap A ^a   Sloot, Peter M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching growth; Collective behaviour; Coral growth simulation; Morphogenesis; Resource translocation; Scleractinians

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; POLYP;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH CURVE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 2642549757     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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