Simple methods for interactive 3D modeling, measurements, and digital databases of coral skeletons

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 178-193

  Gutierrez Heredia L ^a   D'Helft C ^a   Reynaud, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 85011931134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10017     Document Type: Article

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