The effects of substratum type on the growth, mortality, and photophysiology of juvenile corals in St. John, US Virgin Islands

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-29

  Green, Daniel H ^a   Edmunds, Peter J ^a   Pochon, Xavier ^b   Gates, Ruth D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Juvenile; Photophysiology; Scleractinia; Substratum; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBONATE ROCK; CORAL REEF; ELECTRON; GROWTH RESPONSE; IGNEOUS ROCK; JUVENILE; LIGHT EFFECT; MORTALITY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANTHOZOA; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 76549098773     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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