Acropora (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) reproductive synchrony and spawning phenology in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific, as inferred from size classes of developing oocytes

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; EGG SIZE; PHENOLOGY; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

LINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PALMYRA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 53449089531     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[569:AASRSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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