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Disturbance (geology)Resilience of coral reefsCoral reefReefEcologyIntermediate Disturbance HypothesisEcosystemCoralEnvironmental scienceGeographyBiology
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- 15
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- 10
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- 413-417
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Magnus Nyström,
Carl Folke,
Fredrik Moberg
(2000).
Coral reef disturbance and resilience in a human-dominated environment.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
, 15
(10)
, 413-417.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(00)01948-0
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- 10.1016/s0169-5347(00)01948-0