Steps in the construction of underwater coral nursery, an essential component in reef restoration acts

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 679-687

  Shafir, Shai ^a,b   Van Rijn, Jaap ^b   Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; NURSERY GROUND; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33745191914     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0236-6     Document Type: Article

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