New insights into patterns of coral spawning on Western Australian reefs

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-349

  Rosser, N L ^a,c   Gilmour, J P ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrow Island; Biannual spawning; Coral reproduction; Dampier Archipelago; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GAMETOGENESIS; ISLAND; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPAWNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; DAMPIER ARCHIPELAGO; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 42549083506     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0335-6     Document Type: Article

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