Phase shifts in coral reef communities and their ecological significance

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Hydrobiologia

• Publication date

  1992-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/BF00008211
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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