Coral recruitment patterns at Sodwana Bay, South Africa

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-492

  Glassom, D ^a   Celliers, L ^a   Schleyer, M H ^a  

^a OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coral; High latitude reefs; Recruitment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249895373     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0117-6     Document Type: Article

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