Senescence and dying signals in a reef building coral

B. Rinkevich*, Y. Loya

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Abstract

Decreases in two physiological processes (reproduction and growth) have been shown to precede the advent of colony death in the branching coral Stylophora pistillata. These diminutions were sometimes detectable even 6 months and more before any first visible sign of tissue mortality was observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)320-322
Number of pages3
JournalExperientia
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1986

Keywords

  • Coral
  • Stylophora pistillata
  • dying signals
  • growth rate
  • reproduction
  • senescence

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