Integrating physiological and biomechanical drivers of population growth over environmental gradients on coral reefs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 968-976

  Madin, Joshua S ^a   Hoogenboom, Mia O ^b   Connolly, Sean R ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Environmental gradient; Mechanistic model; Population dynamics; Reef corals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORAL REEF; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOMECHANICS; CORAL REEFS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84858671489     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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