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Unexpected coral diversity on the breakwaters: potential refuges for depleting coral reefs

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Many thanks to Jay Yang and the Pacific Diving Centre for field assistance. The funding was supported by the Department of Fishery, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan and the Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica (RCBAS), Taiwan. This is the RCBAS Evolution and Ecology Group contribution no. 45.

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  1. Research Centre for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan

    Kuo-Chang Wen, Chia-Ming Hsu, Kau-Song Chen, Ming-Hui Liao, Chang-Po Chen & Chaolun Allen Chen

  2. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10604, Taiwan

    Chia-Ming Hsu, Ming-Hui Liao & Chaolun Allen Chen

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Wen, KC., Hsu, CM., Chen, KS. et al. Unexpected coral diversity on the breakwaters: potential refuges for depleting coral reefs. Coral Reefs 26, 127 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0177-7

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