Comparative embryology of eleven species of stony corals (Scleractinia).

A comprehensive understanding of coral reproduction and development is needed because corals are threatened in many ways by human activity. Major threats include the loss of their photosynthetic symbionts (Symbiodinium) caused by rising temperatures (bleaching), reduced ability to calcify caused by...

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Main Authors: Nami Okubo, Takuma Mezaki, Yoko Nozawa, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Yi-Ting Lien, Hironobu Fukami, David C Hayward, Eldon E Ball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3867500?pdf=render