Multiple spawning events and sexual reproduction in the octocoral Sarcophyton elegans (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea) on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-392

  Hellström, Micaela ^a,b   Kavanagh, Kathryn D ^c,d   Benzie, John A H ^a,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; POLYP; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SOFT CORAL; SPAWNING; SYMBIONT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SARCOPHYTON; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77949263653     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1325-8     Document Type: Article

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