Environmental versus intrinsic determination of colony symmetry in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 131-137

  Mass, Tali ^a,b   Genin, Amatzia ^a,b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Flow; Morphology; Red Sea; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; COLONY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREY CAPTURE; RESPIRATION; SYMMETRY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 56149116896     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07578     Document Type: Article

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