Gametogenesis and fecundity of Acropora tenella (Brook 1892) in a mesophotic coral ecosystem in Okinawa, Japan

Coral Reefs

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-62

  Prasetia, Rian ^a   Sinniger, Frederic ^a,b   Harii, Saki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora tenella; Sexual reproduction; Upper mesophotic coral ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FECUNDITY; GAMETOGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SPAWNING;

INDIAN OCEAN; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA TENELLA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84958742172     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1348-1     Document Type: Article

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