A computational method for quantifying morphological variation in scleractinian corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 831-840

  Kruszynski K J ^a   Kaandorp, J A ^b   Van Liere, R ^a  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Morphological analysis of indeterminate growth forms; Morphological variation; Scleractinian corals; X ray Computed tomography scanning

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DATA SET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SESSILE SPECIES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTHOZOA; MADRACIS MIRABILIS; MIRABILIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 37249035346     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0270-6     Document Type: Article

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