Stability of reef framework and post settlement mortality as the structuring factor for recovery of Malakal Bay Reef, Palau, Micronesia: 25 years after a severe COTS outbreak

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Victor, Steven ^a  

^a Palau International Coral Reef Center   (Palau)

Author keywords

Crown of thorns; Recovery; Reef stability

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REEF; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MALAKAL BAY; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ANTHOZOA; ASTEROIDEA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA;

EID: 39449129633     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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