Addressing the global decline in coral reefs and forthcoming impacts on fishery yields

Interrelationships between Corals and Fisheries

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 7-18

  Sale, Peter F ^a   Hixon, Mark A ^b  

^a United Nations University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 85136449975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17159-7     Document Type: Chapter

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