The Importance of Coral Larval Recruitment for the Recovery of Reefs Impacted by Cyclone Yasi in the Central Great Barrier Reef

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi ^a   Cross, Peter ^a   Torda, Gergely ^a,b,c   Zimmerman, Rachel ^a   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c 4AIMS at JCU ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HURRICANE; MACROALGA; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION RECOVERY; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; WIND;

ACROPORA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; ISLANDS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; WIND;

EID: 84878770250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065363     Document Type: Article

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