Coral reefs: Endangered, biodiverse, genetic resources

Seas at the millennium - an environmental evaluation - Volume 3

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 33-42

  Adey, W H ^a   McConnaughey, T A ^a   Small, A M ^a   Spoon, D M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; REEF;

EID: 0033664989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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