Coral bleaching: Causes and consequences

Coral Reefs

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Brown, B E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000361518     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050249     Document Type: Article

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