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Coral Reefs volume 28, pages 303–305 (2009)Cite this article

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Acknowledgments

The idea for this special issue developed from a workshop entitled “Connectivity and population resilience—sustaining coral reefs during the coming century” held 13–16 October, 2007 in Townsville, Australia. We thank the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and the Connectivity Working Group of the University of Queensland–World Bank–Global Environment Facility project, Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management for support.

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  1. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

    G. P. Jones & G. R. Russ

  2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

    G. P. Jones & G. R. Russ

  3. International Network on Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University, 175 Longwood Road South, Suite 204, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8P0A1

    P. F. Sale

  4. School of Marine Sciences, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, 193 Clarks Cove Road, Walpole, ME, 04573, USA

    R. S. Steneck

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Jones, G.P., Russ, G.R., Sale, P.F. et al. Theme section on “Larval connectivity, resilience and the future of coral reefs”. Coral Reefs 28, 303–305 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0440-1

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