Invertebrates and their roles in coral reef ecosystems

Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 273-325

  Glynn, Peter W ^a   Enochs, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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