Coral recruitment success and sessile benthic colonisation estimation in Tioman Island Marine Park, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Muhammad Faiz, Mohd Hanapiah, Shahbudin, Saad, Mukai, Yukinori
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/62791/1/62791_Coral%20recruitment%20success%20and%20sessile%20benthic_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62791/2/62791_Coral%20recruitment%20success%20and%20sessile%20benthic_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62791/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11852-017-0555-z
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This study examined the implementation of designated artificial reef plates made of coral rubble, sand and plasters cement as a potential substrate in order to optimise the recruitment success at four reef sites in Tioman Island in Malaysia, namely Genting Village, Renggis Island, Teduh Bay and Juar...