Are current estimates of coral reef biodiversity too low? The view through the window of a microcosm

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 450-458, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Small, Allegra M ^a   Adey, Walter H ^a   Spoon, Don ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF;

EID: 0032461985     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.458.1     Document Type: Article

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