Successful transplantation of a fragmenting coral, montipora digitata, for reef rehabilitation

Coastal Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 556-574

  Gomez, Edgardo D ^a   Yap, Helen T ^a   Cabaitan, Patrick C ^a,b   Dizon, Romeo M ^a,c  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Graduate School   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Community restoration; Coral transplantation; Reef restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980504500     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2011.600240     Document Type: Article

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