Applying cathodically polarised substrata to the restoration of a high value coral

Biofouling

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-809

  Benedetti, Alessandro ^a   Bramanti, Lorenzo ^b,e   Tsounis, Georgios ^b   Faimali, Marco ^d   Pavanello, Giovanni ^d   Rossi, Sergio ^e   Gili, Josep Maria ^d   Santangelo, Giovanni ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial substrata; Cathodic polarisation; Corallium rubrum; Larval settlement; Octocoral; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MARBLE; POLARIZATION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUBSTRATE;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEA WATER; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC;

EID: 83355165428     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2011.604870     Document Type: Article

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