Do corals lie about their age: some demographic consequences of partial mortality, fission, and fusion

Hughes, Terry, and Jackson, Jeremy (1980) Do corals lie about their age: some demographic consequences of partial mortality, fission, and fusion. Science, 209 (4457). pp. 713-715.

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Abstract

Population dynamics of corals and other colonial animals are complicated by their modular construction and growth. Partial colony mortality. colony fission. and colony fusion distort any simple relationship between size and age among reef corals.

Item ID: 25765
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1095-9203
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2013 04:34
FoR Codes: 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) @ 100%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960802 Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100%
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