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Caribbean sea-fan mortalities

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  1. Biology Department, University of South Carolina at Aiken, South Carolina, 29801, USA

    Garriet W. Smith & Lisa D. Ives

  2. Carmabi Foundation/Curaçao Underwater Park, PO Box 2090, Piscaderabaai z/n, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

    Ivan A. Nagelkerken

  3. Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 29599-3280, USA

    Kim B. Ritchie

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Smith, G., Ives, L., Nagelkerken, I. et al. Caribbean sea-fan mortalities. Nature 383, 487 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/383487a0

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