Planulation patterns of the brooding coral Favia fragum (Esper) in Bermuda

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 959-963

  Goodbody Gringley, G ^a   de Putron, S J ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Coral; Fecundity; Lunar periodicity; Planulae

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA FRAGUM;

EID: 70350576725     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0539-z     Document Type: Note

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