Assisted Natural Recovery: A Novel Approach to Enhance Diadema antillarum Recruitment

The massive die-off of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in 1983–1984 is one the main reasons for low coral recruitment and little coral recovery in the Caribbean. As the natural recovery of D. antillarum is slow to non-existent, multiple restoration studies have been attempted. There are currently...

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Main Authors: Alwin Hylkema, Adolphe O. Debrot, Esther E. van de Pas, Ronald Osinga, Albertinka J. Murk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.929355/full