Herbivory, Algal Distribution, and the Maintenance of Between-Habitat Diversity on a Tropical Fringing Reef

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• Publication year

  1981

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  1981-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/283845
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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