Space partitioning by stony corals soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

Y. Benayahu; Y. Loya

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Space partitioning by stony corals soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen Vol. 30 No. 1-4 pp. 362-382 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Y. Benayahu, Y. Loya (1977). Space partitioning by stony corals soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea). Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 30(1-4), 362-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02207848

Space partitioning by stony corals soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

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