Sexual vs. asexual reproduction in an ecosystem engineer: The massive coral Montastraea annularis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 384-391

  Foster, Nicola L ^a   Baums, Iliana B ^b,c   Mumby, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hurricanes; Microsatellites; Population structure; Scleractinian coral

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HURRICANE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HONDURAS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; HONDURAS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33847002720     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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