Elevated temperature alters the lunar timing of Planulation in the brooding coral Pocillopora damicornis.

Reproductive timing in corals is associated with environmental variables including temperature, lunar periodicity, and seasonality. Although it is clear that these variables are interrelated, it remains unknown if one variable in particular acts as the proximate signaler for gamete and or larval rel...

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Main Authors: Camerron M Crowder, Wei-Lo Liang, Virginia M Weis, Tung-Yung Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4198079?pdf=render