Coral transplantation: Regeneration and growth of Acropora fragments in a nursery

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-71

  Soong, Keryea ^a   Chen, Tai an ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; Fragment; Growth; Nursery; Regeneration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GROWTH; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

TAIWAN;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA PULCHRA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0037368035     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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