Normalizing physiological data for scleractinian corals
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Scleractinian Corals of Kuwait
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عنوان ژورنال: Coral Reefs
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0722-4028,1432-0975
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-002-0214-0