Bioconstructional features of the coral Cladocora caespitosa (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) in the Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-139

  Kružić, Petar ^a   Benković, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Anthozoa; Cladocora caespitosa; Coral; Coral bank; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CORAL REEF; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA; FAVIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 39749148473     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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