Are artificial reefs surrogates of natural habitats for corals and fish in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Coral reefs

• Publication date

  2009-04-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00338-009-0500-1
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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