Sexual reproduction of the coral Pocillopora damicornis in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico;Reproducción sexual del coral Pocillopora damicornis al sur del Golfo de California, Mexico

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Chavez Romo H E ^a,b   Reyes Bonilla, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b Depto de Biologia Marina   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Broadcast spawning; Gulf of California; Pocillopora damicornis; Sexual maturity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORAL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GAMETE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; RAMET; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS;

EID: 38649104490     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v33i4.1141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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