Ninh Hai waters (south Vietnam): A hotspot of reef corals in the western South China Sea

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 513-520

  Vo, Si Tuan ^a   DeVantier, Lyndon ^b   Tuyen, Hua Thai ^a   Hoang, Phan Kim ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b Coral Reef Research ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Ninh Hai coastal waters; Nui Chua National Park; Reef building corals; Reef geomorphology; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904800570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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