Long-term effect of coral transplantation: Restoration goals and the choice of species

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-138

  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

Endangered species; Metapopulation model; Space limited growth; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; CORAL; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FAVITES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; POCILLOPORA; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORITES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; FAVITES; POCILLOPORA; PORITES;

EID: 79955501639     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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