Coral and algal community primary succession on new vertical substrate at Rackham’s Cay, Port Royal, Jamaica

Jamaica’s trans-shipment industry is amongst the largest in the Caribbean with 90% of trans-shipment activities occurring in Kingston Harbour. The eastern ship channel is populated with patch and fringing coral reefs. In 2002, approximately 20% of an originally sloping face of Rackham’s Cay, on the...

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Main Authors: Camilo Trench, Hugh Small, Lydia Morrison, Dale Webber, Mona Webber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2014-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000700016&lng=en&tlng=en