Repeated coral bleaching in the Andaman Sea, Thailand, during the last two decades

Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-41

  Phongsuwan, Niphon ^a   Chansang, Hansa ^a  

^a PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

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