Coral planulae as dispersion vehicles: Biological properties of larvae released early and late in the season

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 71-78

  Amar, K O ^a,b   Chadwick, N E ^b,c   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coral; Eilat; Recruitment; Reproduction; Settlement

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CORAL; DISPERSION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 37849009957     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07125     Document Type: Article

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