The role of spatial and ontogenetic morphological variation in the expansion of the geographic range of the tropical brown alga, Turbinaria ornata

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-719

  Stewart, Hannah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TURBINARIA (CNIDARIA); TURBINARIA (PHAEOPHYCEAE); TURBINARIA ORNATA;

EID: 57349157142     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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