Tissue age affects calcification in the scleractinian coral Madracis mirabilis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-28

  Elahi, Robin ^a,b   Edmunds, Peter J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CALCIFICATION; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIZE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; FUNGI; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33847177623     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066577     Document Type: Article

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