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Extreme events and conservation of subtidal habitats: Effects of a rainfall flood on coralligenous reefs

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A facultative mutualism between habitat-forming species enhances the resistance of rocky shore communities to heat waves

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Local conditions modulated the effects of marine heatwaves on coral bleaching in subtropical Hong Kong waters

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Assessing the impact of population decline on mating system in the overexploited Mediterranean red coral

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Assessment of Red Sea temperatures in CMIP5 models for present and future climate

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Marine heatwaves and marine cold-spells on the Yucatan Shelf-break upwelling region

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Population structure change in a temperate reef coral after a quarter of century

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The Asymmetric Connection of SST in the Tasman Sea with Respect to the Opposite Phases of ENSO in Austral Summer

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Troubles Never Come Alone: Outcome of Multiple Pressures on a Temperate Rocky Reef

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Ecosystem-based assessment of a widespread Mediterranean marine habitat: The Coastal Detrital Bottoms, with a special focus on epibenthic assemblages

Astruch, P., Orts, A., Schohn, T., Belloni, B., Ballesteros, E., Bănaru, D., Bianchi, C. N., Boudouresque, C., Changeux, T., Chevaldonné, P., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Marine Science · doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1130540 · Cited by 11

Marine Heatwave Characteristics in the Makassar Strait and Its Surrounding Waters

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Unexpected population response to increasing temperature in the context of a strong species interaction

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