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Editorial
. 2001 Apr 24;98(9):4822-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.091107198.

Sea urchin recovery from mass mortality: new hope for Caribbean coral reefs?

N Knowlton
Editorial

Sea urchin recovery from mass mortality: new hope for Caribbean coral reefs?

N Knowlton. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
Comparison of algal zone (A) and sea urchin zone (B). Edmunds and Carpenter (4) document the transition from the former to the latter at five sites along the north coast of Jamaica. Note abundance of the seaweed Sargassum in (A), and the presence of the sea urchin Diadema and coral recruits in (B). Photograph credits: (A) Robert C. Carpenter; (B) Peter J. Edmunds.
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