Development of ceramic settlement devices for coral reef restoration using in situ sexualreproduction of corals

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1245-1253

  Okamoto, Mineo ^a   Nojima, Satoshi ^b   Fujiwara, Syuichi ^c   Furushima, Yasuo ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IDEA Consulting Incorporated   (Japan)

^d JAMSTEC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic coral settlement device; Coral culture; Coral transplantation; Mass spawning; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 65249100717     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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