Coral reefs and communities of Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-283

  Kavousi, Javid ^a   Seyfabadi, Jafar ^a   Rezai, Hamid ^b   Fenner, Douglas ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Iranian National Center for Oceanography   (Iran)

^c Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coral community; Density; Destruction; Persian gulf; Qeshm I.

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; FAVIA; PLATYGYRA; PORITES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 79957700484     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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