Wall of orange cup coral, Tubastraea coccinea, at the inlet breakwaters of a nuclear power plant, southern Taiwan

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 163-164

  Ho, Ming Jay ^a   Hsu, Chia Min ^a,b   Chen, Chaolun Allen ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BREAKWATER; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ROCKY SHORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

TUBASTRAEA COCCINEA;

EID: 84961209982     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-016-0469-2     Document Type: Article

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