How Quickly do Fragments of Coral "Self-Attach" after Transplantation?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-242

  Guest, James R ^a   Dizon, Rommi M ^b   Edwards, Alasdair J ^c   Franco, Chiara ^c   Gomez, Edgardo D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral fragmentation; Coral reef; Coral transplantation; Philippines; Reef restoration; Self attachment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL REEF; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

PHILIPPINES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ACROPORA MURICATA; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOPORA LAMELLOSA; HYACINTHUS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 79952225163     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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