Skeletal development in Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816): A scanning electron microscope (SEM) comparison demonstrating similar mechanisms of skeletal extension in axial versus encrusting growth

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 883-892

  Gladfelter, E H ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Calcification; Coral growth; Sclerodermite; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; GROWTH RATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; SPHERULITE;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 37249061858     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0278-y     Document Type: Article

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