Experimental proposal to determine the spatial significance and location choice on the regrowth of Solemosmilia variabilis in an MPA network versus a large reserve model.

Over the next three decades, there are many predicted disturbances to Earth’s oceans, such as El Nino and hurricanes, which will lead to mass coral bleaching effects. Marine protected areas have been utilized worldwide to maintain coral population sizes and remediate external stressors, such as over...

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Main Author: Spiegel, Molly
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/623
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1733&context=scripps_theses