Corals like it waxed: Paraffin-based antifouling technology enhances coral spat survival

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tebben, Jan ^a   Guest, James R ^a,b   Sin, Tsai M ^c   Steinberg, Peter D ^a,b   Harder, Tilmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL LARVAL SETTLEMENT; CORAL PROPAGATION; CORAL SPAT SURVIVAL; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUTROPHICATION; FOULING PREVENTION; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; REEF REHABILITATION; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIOFOULING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; LARVA; PARAFFIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84900317064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087545     Document Type: Article

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