Reproduction, abundance and survivorship of two Alveopora spp. in the mesophotic reefs of Eilat, Red Sea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Eyal Shaham, Lee ^a,b   Eyal, Gal ^a,b   Tamir, Raz ^b,c   Loya, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; INDIAN OCEAN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GAMETOGENESIS; INDIAN OCEAN; OOCYTES; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84957900482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20964     Document Type: Article

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