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Free-living mushroom corals strike back by overtopping a coral-killing sponge

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Research Permits were issued by the Indonesian State Ministry for Research and Technology (RISTEK) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (PPO-LIPI). Hasanuddin University at Makassar provided local support.

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  1. Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Bert W. Hoeksema, Friso Dekker & Nicole J. de Voogd

  2. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Hoeksema, B.W., Dekker, F. & de Voogd, N.J. Free-living mushroom corals strike back by overtopping a coral-killing sponge. Mar Biodiv 44, 3–4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-013-0188-x

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