Post-settlement survivorship in two Caribbean broadcasting corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1041-1046

  Miller, Margaret W ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora palmata; Florida Keys; Orbicella faveolata; Orientation; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939883706     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1177-7     Document Type: Article

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