Closing the circle: Is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-55

  Guest, J R ^a,b,e   Baria, M V ^c,d   Gomez, E D ^c   Heyward, A J ^e   Edwards, A J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral reef; Larval rearing; Philippines; Reef rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893795063     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1114-1     Document Type: Article

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