Impending extirpation of an isolated Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) population at Glover’s Atoll, Belize, based on two decades of monitoring

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  2025

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  Coral reefs

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  2025-08-04

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  DOI 10.1007/s00338-025-02697-8
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