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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 320-322 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Experientia |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1986 |
Keywords
- Coral
- Stylophora pistillata
- dying signals
- growth rate
- reproduction
- senescence