A floating mid-water coral nursery as larval dispersion hub: Testing an idea

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 713-718

  Amar, K O ^a,b   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; CORAL; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LARVA; NURSERY GROUND; RECRUITMENT; REEF; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; ZOOXANTHELLA;

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

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 33947535934     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0512-0     Document Type: Article

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