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Field Collection and Laboratory Maintenance of Canopy-Forming Giant Kelp to Facilitate Restoration
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Coastal restoration policy needs to consider seaweed diversity
Guang Gao1, Gang Li2, Juntian Xu3
1State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. guang.gao@xmu.edu.cn.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
|April 24, 2025
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