Systematically describing gross lesions in corals

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-160

  Work, Thierry M ^a,b,c   Aeby, Greta S ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Hollings Marine Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Diagnosis; Disease; Lesion; Morphology; Nomenclature; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LESION; MORPHOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33746039761     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao070155     Document Type: Article

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