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Dredging in the Spratly Islands: Gaining Land but Losing Reefs

Coral reefs on remote islands and atolls are less exposed to direct human stressors but are becoming increasingly vulnerable because of their development for geopolitical and military purposes. Here we document dredging and filling activities by countries in the South China Sea, where building new i...

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Autores principales: Mora, Camilo, Caldwell, Iain R., Birkeland, Charles, McManus, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4816285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27031949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002422