Direct seeding of mass-cultured coral larvae is not an effective option for reef rehabilitation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-116

  Edwards, Alasdair J ^a   Guest, James R ^a,e   Heyward, Andrew J ^b   Villanueva, Ronald D ^c   Baria, Ma Vanessa ^c   Bollozos, Iris S F ^c   Golbuu, Yimnang ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^d Palau International Coral Reef Center   (Palau)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acropora digitifera; Coral reef rehabilitation; Density dependent mortality; Larval rearing; Larval seeding; Mass spawning; Palau

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; JUVENILE; LARVA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; PALAU;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84927144416     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11171     Document Type: Article

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