Archetypal 'elkhorn' coral discovered in the Pacific Ocean

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Richards, Zoe T ^a   Wallace, Carden C ^b   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora; Conservation; Hybridization; IUCN; MtDNA; NucDNA; Pacific 'elkhorn' coral

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA ABROTANOIDES; ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78650326959     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772001003758278     Document Type: Article

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