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Colony Fragmentation

Colony Fragmentation is a reproductive and ecological mechanism in reef-building coral biology whereby a single coral colony gives rise to genetically identical daughter colonies through the physical division and subsequent regeneration of colony fragments.

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Reproduction by Fragmentation in Corals

R. Tod Highsmith · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1982 · 705 citations · Full text

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Reproduction, recruitment and fragmentation in nine sympatric species of the coral genus Acropora

Carden C. Wallace · Marine Biology · 1985 · 314 citations

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Fragmentation in the branching coral Acropora palmata (Lamarck): growth, survivorship, and reproduction of colonies and fragments

Diego Lirman · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 2000 · 237 citations

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Breakage and propagation of the stony coral <i>Acropora cervicornis</i>

Verena Tunnicliffe · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1981 · 226 citations · Full text

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Growth Dynamics of the Threatened Caribbean Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis: Influence of Host Genotype, Symbiont Identity, Colony Size, and Environmental Setting

Diego Lirman, Stephanie Schopmeyer, Victor Galván et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 179 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DL
    Diego Lirman

    University of Miami, United States

    4 publications · 536 citations

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  2. IB
    Iliana B. Baums

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 245 citations

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  3. ES
    Emma Strand

    University of Rhode Island, United States

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  4. ZD
    Zhipeng Duan

    Hohai University, China

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. FI
    Fuminori Ito

    Kagawa University, Japan

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

147

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    143 citations

  2. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    185 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    278 citations

  5. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    210 citations

  6. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    124 citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    122 citations

  8. Universiti of Malaysia Sabah

    Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

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  1. Insectes Sociaux

    IS · 7 publications · 255 citations

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  2. Coral Reefs

    5 publications · 259 citations

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  3. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 5 publications · 883 citations

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  4. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 124 citations

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  5. PeerJ

    3 publications · 261 citations

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