Strategies for gardening denuded coral reef areas: The applicability of using different types of coral material for reef restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 432-442

  Epstein, N ^a,b   Bak, R P M ^b,c   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral nursery; Eilat; In situ mariculture; Recreational activities; Reef restoration; Stylophora pistillata

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

RED SEA;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0035680607     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2001.94012.x     Document Type: Article

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