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Testing animal-assisted cleaning prior to transplantation in coral reef restoration

Rearing coral fragments in nurseries and subsequent transplantation onto a degraded reef is a common approach for coral reef restoration. However, if barnacles and other biofouling organisms are not removed prior to transplantation, fish will dislodge newly cemented corals when feeding on biofouling...

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Autores principales: Frias-Torres, Sarah, van de Geer, Casper
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468440
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1287