A call for a standardized protocol of coral recruitment research and outlines for its conception

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1745-1748

  Abelson, Avigdor ^a   Gaines, Steve ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 28444442285     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.046     Document Type: Letter

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