Effects of coral transplantation in sites of varying distances and environmental conditions

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 933-943

  Dizon, Raymond T ^a,b   Yap, Helen T ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 33344465461     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0142-y     Document Type: Article

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