Survival, growth and gonad development of two hermatypic corals subjected to in situ fish-farm nutrient enrichment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-144

  Bongiorni, Lucia ^a   Shafir, Shai ^a   Angel, Dror ^b   Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral growth; Eilat; Nutrient enrichment; Reproduction; Stylophora pistillata

Indexed keywords

CORAL; EUTROPHICATION; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SURVIVAL;

GULF OF EILAT; RED SEA;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA EURYSTOMA; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0037701829     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253137     Document Type: Article

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