Intensive fish farming in the Philippines is detrimental to the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 316, Issue , 2006, Pages 165-174

  Villanueva, R D ^a   Yap, H T ^a   Montano M N E ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coral survivorship; Fish farm effluent; Growth rate; Metamorphosis; Nutrient enrichment; Pocillopora damicornis; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; COLONY; CORAL REEF; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; THORACICA;

EID: 33746594154     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps316165     Document Type: Article

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