Life history of Cornularia cornucopiae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) on the Conero Promontory (North Adriatic Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Betti, Federico ^a   Bo, Marzia ^a   di Camillo, Cristina G ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Anthozoans; Filter feeders; Parthenogenesis; Seasonal cycles; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTER FEEDER; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; OCEAN BASIN; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPONGE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 84855999015     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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