Coral nubbins as source material for coral biological research: A prospectus

Aquaculture

Volumn 259, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 444-448

  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

Assay; Coral biology; Ecotoxicology; Nubbin

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CORAL REEF; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33747590145     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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