Recruitment and juvenile survivorship of brain corals at San Andres Island, Western Caribbean Sea

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Pizarro, Valeria ^a,c   Polania, Jaime ^b   Thomason, Jeremy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain coral; Caribbean Sea; Colpophyllia; Diploria; Marine Protected Area; Recruitment; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

CORAL; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIA; SAN ANDRES ISLAND; SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; COLPOPHYLLIA; DIPLORIA;

EID: 34347325200     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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