Immediate and delayed effects of a mass mortality event on gorgonian population dynamics and benthic community structure in the NW Mediterranean Sea

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Marine Ecology Progress Series

• Publication date

  2005-12-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3354/MEPS305127
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