Sexual reproduction in transplanted coral fragments of Acropora nasuta

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-447

  Okubo, Nami ^a   Taniguchi, Hiroki ^b   Omori, Makoto ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akajima Marine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fragment size; Fragmentation; Season; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149443257     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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