Transplantation of storm-generated coral fragments to enhance Caribbean coral reefs: A successful method but not a solution
In response to dramatic losses of reef-building corals and ongoing lack of recovery, a small-scale coral transplant project was initiated in the Caribbean (U.S. Virgin Islands) in 1999 and was followed for 12 years. The primary objectives were to (1) identify a source of coral colonies for transplan...
Main Authors: | Virginia H. Garrison, Greg Ward |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Vicerractoría Investigación
2012-03-01
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Series: | Revista de Biología Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000500006 |
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