Cryptic speciation in the stony octocoral Heliopora coerulea: temporal reproductive isolation between two growth forms

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 503-507

  Villanueva, R D ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Blue coral; Brooding; Larval release; Planulation; Reproductive timing

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH FORM; LARVAL TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANTHOZOA; HELIOPORA COERULEA;

EID: 84939130471     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0376-y     Document Type: Article

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