Coralligenous "atolls": Discovery of a new morphotype in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 335, Issue 10-11, 2012, Pages 668-672

  Bonacorsi, Marina ^a   Pergent Martini, Christine ^a   Clabaut, Philippe ^b   Pergent, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b Géologie Littorale et Marine   (France)

Author keywords

"Coralligenous atoll"; Coralligenous; Mediterranean Sea; Rhodoliths

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BIODIVERSITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEW SPECIES; POCKMARK; RHODOLITH;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENESIS; CORAL REEF; CORALLIGENOUS ATOLL; GAS EVOLUTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORPHOTYPE; RHODOLITH BED;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84870409041     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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