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Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis

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The research expedition was funded by New England Aquarium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. We thank the Government of Kiribati for access to the region.

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  1. Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    D. J. Coker, S. Payet & M. L. Berumen

  2. MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    C. D. Braun

  3. MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02540, USA

    C. D. Braun

  4. Animal Health Department, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, 02110, USA

    J. Cavin

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Coker, D.J., Braun, C.D., Cavin, J. et al. Remote marine protected area reveals unusual social behaviour in Chaetodon trifascialis . Mar Biodiv 48, 155–156 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0531-0

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