Climate change and active reef restoration-ways of constructing the "Reefs of Tomorrow"

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-127

  Rinkevich, Baruch ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate change; Connectivity; Coral repository; Environmental engineering; Gardening; Nursery; Planulae; Reef restoration; Stepping stones; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939441530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse3010111     Document Type: Article

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