The importance of water-retaining features for biodiversity on artificial intertidal coastal defence structures
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Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK, Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Waterfront Campus, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 3ZH, UK
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