Ecological parameters of dynamited reefs in the northern Red Sea and their relevance to reef rehabilitation

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8-12, 1999, Pages 488-498

  Riegl, B ^a   Luke, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; HABITAT RESTORATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; DESTRUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHING; NONHUMAN;

RED SEA;

EID: 0032885072     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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