The Helix experiment: Differential localized dispersal and recruitment patterns in Great Barrier Reef corals
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Recruitment Variability of Coral Reef Sessile Communities of the Far North Great Barrier Reef.
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عنوان ژورنال: Limnology and Oceanography
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0024-3590
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1989.34.5.0896