Responses of coral reefs and reef organisms to sedimentation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 62, Issue , 1990, Pages 185-202

  Rogers, Caroline S ^a  

^a USVI ^*  (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

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ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85112116342     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps062185     Document Type: Review

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