COLONY SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF THE SCLERACTINAN CORAL SIDERASTREA STELLATA IN SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE HISTORY PATTERNS

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-223

  de Barros, Monica Moraes Lins ^a   Pires, Débora de Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Colony size; Frequency distribution; Life history; Reef coral; Sedimentation; Siderastrea stellata

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449253666     PISSN: 16798759     EISSN: 1982436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592006000300005     Document Type: Article

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