Unexpected patterns in the sexual reproduction of the Mediterranean scleractinian coral Cladocora caespitosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 486, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-171

  Kersting, Diego K ^a   Casado, Clara ^a   López Legentil, Susanna ^a   Linares, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cladocora caespitosa; Coral reefs; Mediterranean Sea; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVIEW; CORAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEAWATER; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84880269289     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10356     Document Type: Article

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