Calcification and growth rate recovery of the reef-building Pocillopora species in the northeast tropical Pacific following an ENSO disturbance by Jose de Jesús A. Tortolero-Langarica, Alma P. Rodríguez-Troncoso, Amílcar L. Cupul-Magaña, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet

“…To date, coral growth parameters have been poorly reported in Pocillopora species in the northeastern region of the tropical Pacific. Monthly and annual growth rates of the three most abundant morphospecies (P. cf. verrucosa, P. cf. capitata, and P. cf. damicornis) were evaluated during two annual periods at a site on the Pacific coast of Mexico. …”
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