Optimal choice of species and size class for transplanting coral community

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-137

  Muko, Soyoka ^a,b,c   Iwasa, Yoh ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coverage; Diversity; Mitigation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78651250318     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.12.032     Document Type: Article

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