Evaluating the potential of natural reproduction and artificial techniques to increase Acropora cervicornis populations at Discovery Bay, Jamaica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 105-116

  Quinn, Norman J ^a   Kojis, Barbara L ^b  

^a University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory   (Jamaica)

^b Division of Fish and Wildlife   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

Author keywords

Caribbean; Coral reefs; Coral restoration; Jamaica; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34648826687     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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