Coral reef mesocosms and microcosms - Successes, problems, and the future of laboratory models

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 57-72

  Luckett, Christopher ^a   Adey, Walter H ^a   Morrissey, Janice ^b   Spoon, Donald M ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c SBV ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Biosphere 2; Caribbean Sea; Coral reef; Ecological engineering; Great Barrier Reef; Mesocosm; Microcosm

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; LABORATORY MODEL; MESOCOSM; MICROCOSM; MODELLING; REEF;

EID: 0030427769     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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