Rebuilding coral reefs: Does active reef restoration lead to sustainable reefs?

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-36

  Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; GLOBAL CHANGE; NURSERY GROUND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; SURVIVORSHIP; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84890843129     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.018     Document Type: Review

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