Effects of artificial settlement plate materials and methods of deployment on the sessile epibenthic community development in a tropical environment

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 279-289

  Field, S N ^a,c,e   Glassom, D ^b,d   Bythell, J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation   (Australia)

^d OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial settlement tiles; Coral settlement; Gulf of Aqaba; Tile deployment methods; Tile materials; Tile size

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; EPIBIONT; SESSILE SPECIES; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; SHARM EL SHEIKH; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORIDAE;

EID: 34249905206     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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