Habitat differentiation in the early life stages of simultaneously mass-spawning corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 535-545

  Suzuki, G ^a   Arakaki, S ^a,b   Kai, S ^a   Hayashibara, T ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Dispersal; Ecological isolation; Larval settlement; Sessile organism

Indexed keywords

BAY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MICROHABITAT; SESSILE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84860368278     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0865-9     Document Type: Article

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