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Blanchon, P. Comments on “Corrected western Atlantic sea-level curve for the last 11,000 years based on calibrated 14C dates from Acropora palmata framework and intertidal mangrove peat” by Toscano and Macintyre [Coral Reefs (2003) 22:257–270]. Coral Reefs 24, 183–186 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0472-0

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