Long-term reduced spawning in Orbicella coral species due to temperature stress

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 515, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Levitan, Don R ^a   Boudreau, William ^a   Jara, Javier ^b   Knowlton, Nancy ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Coral bleaching; Fertilization; Spawning; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84911460651     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11063     Document Type: Article

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