Energetics approach to predicting mortality risk from environmental stress: a case study of coral bleaching
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1 Centre for Marine Studies, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia; 2 Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue St Martin, MC 98000, Monaco; 3 Applied Environmental Decision Analysis CERF Hub, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; and 4 Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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