Local changes in community diversity after coral transplantation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 374, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-41

  Yap, Helen T ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral restoration; Coral transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMATIDAE; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; POMACENTRIDAE; PORITIDAE;

EID: 60049100428     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07650     Document Type: Article

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