Predicting regeneration of physical damage on a reef-building coral by regeneration capacity and lesion shape

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 91-99

  Meesters, Erik H ^a,b,c   Pauchli, Werner ^a,b   Bak, Rolf P M ^b,c  

^a Caribbean Mar Biological Institute   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corals; Damage; Lesions; Patch; Regeneration; Restoration; Shape; Size

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL DAMAGE; LESION; LESIONS; PHYSICAL DAMAGE; PREDICTION; REGENERATION;

MONTASTREA ANNULARIS;

EID: 0030621052     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps146091     Document Type: Article

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