Depth Distribution, Growth Rates, and Photoacclimation of the Green and Brown Color Morphotypes of the Scleractinian Coral Porites astreoides

The Caribbean coral Porites astreoides Lamarck maintains a polymorphism expressed as two different color morphotypes (green and brown). Earlier work has documented the varying abundance of the green and brown populations, with the green morphotype typically more common than the brown in shallower ar...

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Main Author: Thornton, Susan L.
Format: Others
Published: NSUWorks 1999
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Online Access:http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/318
http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=occ_stuetd