Effects of mechanical fracturing and experimental trampling on Hawaiian corals

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Rodgers, Ku'ulei ^a   Cox, Evelyn ^a   Newtson, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stress; Coral skeletal strength; Fragmentation; Mechanical fracturing; Trampling

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

TRAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CORAL REEF; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TRAMPLING;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; RECREATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; CAPITATA; HAWAIIA; LOBATA; MEANDRINA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; POCILLOPORA MEANDRINA; PORITES COMPRESSA; PORITES LOBATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; RECREATION; SURVIVAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0038721125     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2831-3     Document Type: Article

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