Phenological and morphological variations in the Mediterranean orange coral Astroides calycularis between two distant localities

Zoology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Casado Amezua, Pilar ^a   Gasparini, Gabriella ^b   Goffredo, Stefano ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dendrophylliidae; Morphological plasticity; Population dynamics; Reproductive phenology; Seawater temperature

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPAIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SPAIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; ASTROIDES CALYCULARIS; DENDROPHYLLIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84878653138     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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