Engineering of coral reef larval supply through transplantation of nursery-farmed gravid colonies

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Horoszowski Fridman, Y B ^a,b   Izhaki, I ^b   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Coral reproduction; Resilience; Restoration; Stylophora pistillata; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NURSERY GROUND; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EILAT; ISRAEL; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA (CORAL); STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 79952714355     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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