Mangrove and Seagrass Beds Provide Different Biogeochemical Services for Corals Threatened by Climate Change
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1 Coral Reef Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 2 Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 3 Seychelles National Parks Authority, Mahé, Seychelles, 4 Research and Development Centre – Marine, Coastal and Small Islands, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia, 5 Central Caribbean Marine Institute, Princeton, NJ, USA, 6 Little Cayman Research Centre, Central Caribbean Marine Institute, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands
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