Investigating Coral Reef Degradation at Alina’s Reef in the Florida Keys: Cellular Physiology of White Grunt (Haemulon plumieri) as a Biological Indicator
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1EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, USA 2Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA 3Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, USA 4College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA 5Environmental Moorings International, Inc., Key Largo, Florida, USA 6Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key Largo, Florida, USA 7Biscayne National Park, Homestead, Florida, USA 8NOAA NOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina, USA 9Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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