Modeling and monitoring tools to assess recovery status and convergence rates between restored and undisturbed coral reef habitats

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 448-456

  Lirman, Diego ^a   Miller, Margaret W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Convergence rates; Coral restoration; Monitoring; Population modeling; Porites asteroides

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; GROUNDING (VESSEL); PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES; PORITES ASTREOIDES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0347658832     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.rec0286.x     Document Type: Article

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