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In situ fertilisation success in the scleractinian coral Goniastrea favulus

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This study was funded by the Australian Research Council through a Post-doctoral fellowship to KJM, and through the University of Wollongong’s Institute for Conservation Biology. We thank the One Tree Island Research Station managers, Anna Beinssen and Oliver Hentschel, for their assistance. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Institute for Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    K. J. Miller

  2. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Marine Research Laboratory, Nubeena Crescent, Taroona, TAS, 7053, Australia

    C. N. Mundy

  3. School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 5 Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia

    K. J. Miller

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Miller, K.J., Mundy, C.N. In situ fertilisation success in the scleractinian coral Goniastrea favulus. Coral Reefs 24, 313–317 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-005-0480-8

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