Growth and mortality of coral transplants (Pocillopora damicornis) along a range of sediment influence in Maui, Hawai'i

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-55

  Piniak, Gregory A ^a,b   Brown, Eric K ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Kalaupapa National Historic Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CORAL; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; SEDIMENT TRAP; TRANSPLANTATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS;

EID: 36549071535     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[39:GAMOCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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