Coral translocation and farming as mitigation and conservation measures for coastal development in the Red Sea: Aqaba case study, Jordan

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Kotb, Mohammed M A ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coral nursery; Growth; Management; Rehabilitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONSERVATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REEFS; SITE SELECTION;

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATION MEASURES; CORAL NURSERIES; LINEAR GROWTH RATE; MITIGATION MEASURES; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; REHABILITATION PROJECTS; SURVIVAL;

GROWTH RATE;

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COLONIZATION; CORAL REEF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; SITE SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ERITREA; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; JORDAN; NORTHERN RED SEA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ACROPORA ARABENSIS; ACROPORA HEMPRICHII; ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA EDWARDSI; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 84959292090     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-016-5304-3     Document Type: Article

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