Coral larvae: From gametes to recruits

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 42-57

  Gleason, Daniel F ^a   Hofmann, Dietrich K ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence; Cues; Dispersal; Larvae; Metamorphosis; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMETE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHISM; PLANKTON; POLYP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855960502     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.025     Document Type: Review

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