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Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat

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Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat. / Gordon, Timothy A C; Radford, Andrew N; Davidson, Isla K et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, 5414, 29.11.2019.

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Gordon, TAC, Radford, AN, Davidson, IK, Barnes, K, Mccloskey, K, Nedelec, SL, Meekan, MG, Mccormick, MI & Simpson, SD 2019, 'Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat', Nature Communications, vol. 10, 5414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13186-2

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Gordon, T. A. C., Radford, A. N., Davidson, I. K., Barnes, K., Mccloskey, K., Nedelec, S. L., Meekan, M. G., Mccormick, M. I., & Simpson, S. D. (2019). Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat. Nature Communications, 10, Article 5414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13186-2

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Gordon TAC, Radford AN, Davidson IK, Barnes K, Mccloskey K, Nedelec SL et al. Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat. Nature Communications. 2019 Nov 29;10:5414. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13186-2

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Gordon, Timothy A C ; Radford, Andrew N ; Davidson, Isla K et al. / Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat. In: Nature Communications. 2019 ; Vol. 10.

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