Coral reefs in the anthropocene: Persistence or the end of the line?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 395, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-183

  Hoegh Guldberg, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84901013766     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP395.17     Document Type: Article

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