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Samuel E Kahng1,2,3, Eric Odle4, Kevin C Wakeman2,4

  • 1Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States of America.

PeerJ
|March 4, 2024
PubMed
概括

珊瑚群体的形状会影响生长,影响生理和生态战略. 几何学决定了尺寸如何影响生物质和化,揭示了珊瑚礁形成珊瑚礁的尺寸依赖和独立生长模式.

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