Skeletal extension and calcification of reef-building corals in the central Indian Ocean

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-82

  Morgan, K M ^a   Kench, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological production; Calcification; Exoskeleton; Indian Ocean; Reefs; Skeletal extension

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; CORAL GROWTH; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXOSKELETON; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN REGIONS; MALDIVES; PORITES; SCLERACTINIAN CORALS; SKELETAL DENSITY; SKELETAL EXTENSION;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); MORPHOLOGY; REEFS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ALIZARIN;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CALCIFICATION; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA FORMOSA; ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORA PROLIFERA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; INDIAN OCEAN; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANISM COLONY; PORITES ASTREOIDES; PORITES LOBATA; PORITES LUTEA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; INDIAN OCEAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84867208971     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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