Structure and growth rates of the high-latitude coral: Plesiastrea versipora

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1005-1015

  Burgess, S N ^a,b,c   McCulloch, M T ^a   Mortimer, G E ^a   Ward, T M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Coral; High latitude; South Australia; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CALCIFICATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; GROWTH RATE; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; PLESIASTREA VERSIPORA; PORITES;

EID: 70350614563     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0533-5     Document Type: Article

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