Size-structured demographic models of coral populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-497

  Artzy Randrup, Yael ^a   Olinky, Ronen ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral populations; Open system; Recruitment; Size structure

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; SIZE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CORAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33847646802     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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