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Noah’s Ark for the threatened Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

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We are grateful to Andy Bruckner, Alina Szmant, Nilda Aponte and Ernesto Weil, and all workshop participants for their support in the field. This study was carried out under the permission of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico (DNER) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and was funded by the NOAA coral conservation grant (NA07NMF4630109) and the Green Foundation.

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  1. Rotterdam Zoo, P.O. Box 532, 3000 AM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    D. Petersen & M. Laterveer

  2. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, 3701 S. 10th St., Omaha, NE, 68107, USA

    M. Carl

  3. Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, 2222 North Fountain Valley Drive, Houston, TX, 77459, USA

    E. Borneman

  4. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 990 Riverside Drive, Powell, OH, 43065, USA

    M. Brittsan

  5. Department of Reproductive Sciences, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Conn. Ave., Washington, DC, 20008, USA

    M. Hagedorn

  6. John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL, 60605, USA

    M. Schick

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Petersen, D., Carl, M., Borneman, E. et al. Noah’s Ark for the threatened Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata . Coral Reefs 27, 715 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0385-4

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