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Annual reproductive cycle of female staghorn damselfish Amblyglyphidodon curacao in the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia

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Acknowledgments

We thank the staff of the Korea-South Pacific Ocean Research Center for their help collecting samples. We are also grateful to the Chuuk State Government for their cooperation in this study, as well as their kind support. This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (PE98785) and by research grants from the Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), Republic of Korea (PE98841 and PM57122). The experiments complied with the laws of the Micronesian Maritime Authority and the Federated States of Micronesia, according to the Arrangement on Cooperation in the Field of Ocean Science and Technology.

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    Young-Ung Choi, Dae-Won Lee, Kon-Tak Yoon, Chul-Hong Oh, Soo-Jin Heo, Do-Hyung Kang & Heung-Sik Park

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Choi, YU., Lee, DW., Yoon, KT. et al. Annual reproductive cycle of female staghorn damselfish Amblyglyphidodon curacao in the Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia. Ichthyol Res 60, 198–201 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-012-0322-y

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