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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013
Research article
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25 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 25 Mar 2013

Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)

A. Gori, C. Orejas, T. Madurell, L. Bramanti, M. Martins, E. Quintanilla, P. Marti-Puig, C. Lo Iacono, P. Puig, S. Requena, M. Greenacre, and J. M. Gili

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