In Situ Coral Nurseries Serve as Genetic Repositories for Coral Reef Restoration after an Extreme Cold-Water Event

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-703

  Schopmeyer, Stephanie A ^a   Lirman, Diego ^a   Bartels, Erich ^b   Byrne, James ^c   Gilliam, David S ^d   Hunt, John ^e   Johnson, Meaghan E ^c   Larson, Elizabeth A ^d   Maxwell, Kerry ^e   Nedimyer, Ken ^f   Walter, Cory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Coral Restoration Foundation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral nurseries; Coral restoration; Florida; Mortality; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84869085685     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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