Adding coral rubble to substrata enhances settlement of Pocillopora damicornis larvae

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 529-533

  Lee, C S ^a,b   Walford, J ^b   Goh, B P L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Larval settlement; Pocillopora damicornis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; LUNAR CYCLE; MORTALITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS;

EID: 67349161005     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0467-y     Document Type: Article

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