A review of reef restoration and Coral propagation using the threatened genus Acropora in the Caribbean and western Atlantic

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1075-1098

  Young, C N ^a   Schopmeyer, S A ^a   Lirman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DECLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84868519314     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: 15536955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1143     Document Type: Review

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