Reproductive ecology of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri from 4100 m depth in the northeast Pacific Ocean

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 843-849

  Flint, Hannah C ^a   Waller, Rhian G ^b   Tyler, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORAL; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; FECUNDITY; HISTOLOGY; POLYP; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ANTHOZOA; FUNGIACYATHUS MARENZELLERI;

EID: 34248164003     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0539-2     Document Type: Article

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