Latitudinal gradient of morphological variations in zebra coral Oulastrea crispata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) in the West Pacific

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Chen, Kao Song ^a,c   Hsieh, Hernyi Justin ^c   Keshavmurthy, Shashank ^a   Leung, Julia Ka Lai ^a,d   Lien, I Ting ^e,f   Nakano, Yoshikatsu ^g   Plathong, Sakanan ^h   Huang, Hui ⁱ   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b,j  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^h PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Corallites; Latitudinal variation; Morphometrics; Oulastrea crispata; Scleractinian

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; FAVIIDAE; OULASTREA CRISPATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 78650832124     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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