Effects of spatial variability and colony size on the reproductive output and gonadal development cycle of the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum L.)

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-527

  Tsounis, Georgios ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^b   Aranguren, Maria ^b   Gili, Josep Maria ^b   Arntz, Wolf ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EXPLOITATION; POLYP; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CATALONIA; COSTA BRAVA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; GORGONIA;

EID: 29044439069     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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