Coral reef ecosystems: How much greater is the whole than the sum of the parts?

Coral Reefs

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hatcher, B G ^a,b  

^a CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment and Management Program   (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1642561497     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050244     Document Type: Article

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