Nutrient enrichment caused by in situ fish farms at Eilat, Red Sea is detrimental to coral reproduction

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 344-353

  Loya, Y ^a   Lubinevsky, H ^b   Rosenfeld, M ^a,c   Kramarsky Winter, E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Department of Veterinary Resources   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fish farms; Red Sea; Reproductive effort; Stylophora pistillata

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; NUTRITION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTS;

FERTILIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; FISH CULTURE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ARTICLE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZATION; HISTOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PISCICULTURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUTROPHICATION; FISHES; GAMETOGENESIS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INDIAN OCEAN; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCTION;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 4043137290     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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