Over 130 years of survival by a small, isolated population of Favia gravida corals at Ascension Island (South Atlantic)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 551-

  Hoeksema, B W ^a   Wirtz, P ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ISOLATED POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

ASCENSION ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; FAVIA GRAVIDA;

EID: 84877080658     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-1002-0     Document Type: Article

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