Aggregation and cnidae development as early defensive strategies in Favia fragum and Porites astreoides

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1079-1084

  Rivera, H E ^a   Goodbody Gringley, G ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cnidae; Coral; Larvae; Recruitment; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939882195     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1180-z     Document Type: Article

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