Applying forest restoration principles to coral reef rehabilitation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 387-395

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

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral mariculture; Forest restoration; In situ nurseries; Reef management; Reef restoration; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; MARICULTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0141651562     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.558     Document Type: Article

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