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Scleractinian Coral Recruitment To Reefs Physically Damaged By Ship Groundings, E. T. Rubin, Alison L. Moulding, Jose V. Lopez, David S. Gilliam, V. N. Kosmynin, Richard E. Dodge
Scleractinian Coral Recruitment To Reefs Physically Damaged By Ship Groundings, E. T. Rubin, Alison L. Moulding, Jose V. Lopez, David S. Gilliam, V. N. Kosmynin, Richard E. Dodge
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The southeast Florida reef system faces a number of stress factors, among which ship groundings are one of the most physically damaging. Portions of the Florida reef tract located near Port Everglades, Broward County, Florida, USA have been damaged by ship groundings. In 2004, physical damage of more than 30,000 m2 was caused by the groundings of two large cargo ships, the MV Eastwind and MV Federal Pescadores. The present study was designed to measure differences of scleractinian coral recruitment patterns (recruit diversity and richness) and rates to these injured sites in comparison to undamaged reef sites. Coral …