Growth characteristics of skeletons of Montastraea annularis (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the northwest coast of Cuba;Características del crecimiento de los esqueletos de Montastraea annularis (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) de la costa noroccidental de Cuba

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-243

  Carricart Ganivet, J P ^a   Gonzalez Diaz P ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Calcification rate; Cuba; Density; Extension rate; Proxy environmental records

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 70349588072     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v35i2.1426     Document Type: Article

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