Atlantic coral reefs: The transplantation alternative

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1845-1854

  Briggs, John C ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Ecology; Transplantation; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EXTINCTION RISK; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 70349493310     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9363-6     Document Type: Article

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