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...

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Main Authors:	Virginia H. Garrison, Greg Ward
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2012-03-01
Series:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:	Acropora cervicornis A. palmata mortalidada de coral Porites porites restauración de arrecifes transplantes de corales coral mortality reef restoration coral transplantation
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000500006
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