Planulation periodicity, settlement preferences and growth of two deep-sea octocorals from the northwest Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 410, Issue , 2010, Pages 71-87

  Sun, Zhao ^a   Hamel, Jean François ^b   Mercier, Annie ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Portugal Cove St Philips   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brooding; Corals; Deep sea; Drifa; Growth; Reproduction; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BATHYAL ZONE; BUOYANCY; CORAL; DEEP SEA; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LUNAR CYCLE; PERIODICITY; POLYP; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; VULNERABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DRIFA; DRIFA GLOMERATA;

EID: 77955899554     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08637     Document Type: Article

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