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Journal of Marine Biology
Volume 2011, Article ID 151268, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/151268
Research Article

Coral Reef Monitoring: From Cytological Parameters to Community Indices

Ofer Ben-Tzvi,1,2 Mohammad Al-Zibdah,3 Vladimir Bresler,2 Yousef Jamal,4 and Avigdor Abelson2

1The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, P.O. Box 469, Eilat 88103, Israel
2Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
3Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, University of Jordan, Aqaba Branch, Aqaba 77110, Jordan
4Marine Science Station, University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, Aqaba 77110, Jordan

Received 24 March 2011; Revised 13 June 2011; Accepted 30 June 2011

Academic Editor: Yehuda Benayahu

Copyright © 2011 Ofer Ben-Tzvi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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