Flesh or bone? Quantifying small-scale coral morphology using with-tissue and without-tissue techniques
Todd, P.A.; Ladle, R.J.; Lewin-Koh, N.J.I.; Chou, L.M. (2004). Flesh or bone? Quantifying small-scale coral morphology using with-tissue and without-tissue techniques. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 145(2): 323-328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-004-1324-8
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, more
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- Todd, P.A.
- Ladle, R.J.
- Lewin-Koh, N.J.I.
- Chou, L.M.
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| Abstract |
The quantification of small-scale coral morphology using tissue-free skeletons often requires colonies, or colony sections, to be removed from the reef. This undesirable destruction can be reduced by using a with-tissue technique based on photographic images of living corals. The results of this study indicate that with-tissue multivariate morphometric data contain similar information to skeleton-derived data and can help identify phenotypic plasticity in the massive coral Favia speciosa. With-tissue data can also be used to discern changes with time in individual polyps exposed to new environments. |
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