Growth and survivorship of juvenile corals outplanted to degraded reef areas in Bolinao-Anda Reef Complex, Philippines

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 877-884

  Villanueva, Ronald D ^a   Baria, Maria Vanessa B ^a   dela Cruz, Dexter W ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Acropora valida; coral outplantation; Coral reef restoration; coral reproduction; coral spat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAMETE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MASONRY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED PROPAGATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

BOLINAO-ANDA REEF COMPLEX; ILOCOS; PANGASINAN; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84865249080     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2012.682582     Document Type: Article

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