Impact of disease and detachment on growth and survivorship of sea fans Gorgonia ventalina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 393, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-54

  Toledo Hernández, Carlos ^a   Yoshioka, Paul ^b   Bayman, Paul ^a   Sabat, Alberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Coral diseases; Gorgonia ventalina; Growth rate; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; GORGONIA VENTALINA;

EID: 70450177613     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08238     Document Type: Article

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