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Persistence of non-caribbean algal symbionts in Indo-Pacific mushroom corals released to Jamaica 35 years ago

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  1. Department of Plant Biology and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Todd C. LaJeunesse

  2. Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3300, USA

    Sarah Lee & John F. Bruno

  3. Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA, 01908, USA

    Stephanie Bush

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LaJeunesse, T.C., Lee, S., Bush, S. et al. Persistence of non-caribbean algal symbionts in Indo-Pacific mushroom corals released to Jamaica 35 years ago. Coral Reefs 24, 157–159 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0436-4

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