Population structure as a response of coral communities to global change

American Zoologist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-65

  Bar, Rolf P M ^a   Meesters, Erik H ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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EID: 22644452072     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/39.1.56     Document Type: Article

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