Effective asexual reproduction of a widespread soft coral: comparative assessment of four different fragmentation methods

Background Many coral reefs worldwide are experiencing declines in hard corals, resulting in other benthic organisms, e.g., soft corals, becoming more dominant. As such, more studies on the ecophysiology of soft corals are needed. Despite many methods for asexual reproduction of hard corals, effecti...

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Main Authors: Sohyoung Kim, Christian Wild, Arjen Tilstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12589.pdf