Towards restoration of missing underwater forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Campbell, Alexandra H ^a,b   Marzinelli, Ezequiel M ^a,b   Vergés, Adriana ^a,b   Coleman, Melinda A ^c   Steinberg, Peter D ^a,b,d  

^a SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Evolution and Ecology Research Centre University of New South Wales ^*  (Australia)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GRAZING; MICROALGA; PHYLLOSPORA COMOSA; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEWAGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWEED; TREES;

EID: 84897448235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084106     Document Type: Article

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