Coral microbiology

Oceanography

Volumn 20, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2007, Pages 146-154

  Rosenberg, Eugene ^a   Kellogg, Christina A ^b   Rohwer, Forest ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66249108451     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2007.60     Document Type: Article

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