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Variations in the chemical composition of the skeletons of non-zooxanthellate scleractinian (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) corals

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Original Russian Text © N.B. Keller, L.L. Demina, N.S. Os’kina, 2007, published in Geokhimiya, 2007, No. 8, pp. 905–912.

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Keller, N.B., Demina, L.L. & Os’kina, N.S. Variations in the chemical composition of the skeletons of non-zooxanthellate scleractinian (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) corals. Geochem. Int. 45, 832–839 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702907080095

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