Measuring mucus thickness in reef corals using a technique devised for vertebrate applications

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-267

  Jatkar, Amita A ^a   Brown, Barbara E ^a   Bythell, John C ^a   Guppy, Reia ^a   Morris, Nicholas J ^b   Pearson, Jeffery P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; MUCUS; SECRETION; TIDAL CYCLE; VERTEBRATE; WATER COLUMN;

ANTHOZOA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949266574     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1313-z     Document Type: Article

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