Potential inhibitors to recovery of Acropora palmata populations in St. John, US Virgin Islands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 321, Issue , 2006, Pages 123-132

  Grober Dunsmore, Rikki ^a,b,c   Bonito, Victor ^a   Frazer, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Corallivorous snails; Elkhorn coral; Recruitment; Resheeting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIOPHILA ABBREVIATA; GASTROPODA; POMACENTRIDAE;

EID: 33749637198     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps321123     Document Type: Article

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