A New Baseline for Diadema antillarum, Echinometra viridis, E. lucunter, and Eucidaris tribuloides Populations Within the Cayos Cochinos MPA, Honduras
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عنوان ژورنال: Gulf and Caribbean Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1528-0470
DOI: 10.18785/gcr.2401.01