The Hermatypic Scleractinian (Hard) Coral Fauna of the Gulf

Coral Reefs of the World

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-224

  Riegl, Bernhard M ^a   Benzoni, Francesca ^b,c   Samimi Namin, Kaveh ^d   Sheppard, Charles ^e  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acropora Species; Coral Fauna; Horizontal Branch; Lateral Septum; Primary Septum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85199459439     PISSN: 2213719X     EISSN: 22137203     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3008-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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