Testing the first phase of the 'gardening concept' as an applicable tool in restoring denuded reefs in Tanzania

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 713-721

  Mbije, Nsajigwa E J ^a,b,c   Spanier, Ehud ^b   Rinkevich, Baruch ^c  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral gardening; Mafia Island; Mid water nurseries; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

CORAL COLONIES; CORAL GARDENING; CORAL REEF RESTORATION; DAMAGED AREA; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; HIGH TIDES; LOW COSTS; PORITES; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TANZANIA; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

RESTORATION;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; NURSERY GROUND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

MAFIA ISLAND; PWANI; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; MILLEPORA; POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA; PORITES CYLINDRICA;

EID: 77950689310     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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