Effects of multiple perturbations on the survivorship of fragments of three coral species

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 928-934

  Dizon, Romeo M ^a   Yap, Helen T ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Breakage; Coral transplants; Disturbance; Diversity; Survival; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REEFS; STORMS;

BREAKAGE; CORAL TRANSPLANTS; DISTURBANCES; DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

BIODIVERSITY;

ALGAL BLOOM; CORAL; EPISODIC EVENT; FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; PERTURBATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33747881812     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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