Sexual recruitment of the corals Favia fragum and Agaricia humilis in a 30-m3 exhibit aquarium: species-specific limitations and implications on reproductive ecology

Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20120.abs We studied the recruitment of the Caribbean reef building corals Favia fragum (F. fragum) and Agaricia humilis(A. humilis) in captivity. Thirty colonies of each species collected in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, reproduced sexually during a temporary stay in a 30-m3 closed system from November 2001–January 2002. Twelve months later, the F1 generation of F. […]