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Has white pox disease been affecting Acropora palmata for over 30 years?

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  1. US Geological Survey, Caribbean Field Station, 1300 Cruz Bay Creek, St. John, VI, 00830, USA

    C. S. Rogers

  2. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1033 Green Street, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    K. P. Sutherland & James W. Porter

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Rogers, C.S., Sutherland, K.P. & Porter, J.W. Has white pox disease been affecting Acropora palmata for over 30 years?. Coral Reefs 24, 194 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0470-2

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