Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-284

  Hwang, Sung Jin ^a   Song, Jun Im ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATURATION; METAMORPHOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SEX RATIO; SOFT CORAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHEJU [CHEJU (PRV/ISL)]; CHEJU [SOUTH KOREA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; DENDRONEPHTHYA GIGANTEA; NEPHTHEIDAE;

EID: 34547098105     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0679-z     Document Type: Article

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