Suppression of herbivory by macroalgal density: a critical feedback on coral reefs?

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Ecology Letters

• Publication date

  2011-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01581.xPMID 21265975
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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