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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Expansion and fragment settlement of the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea in a Caribbean bay

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Pages 967-974 | Received 01 Dec 2016, Accepted 18 May 2017, Published online: 11 Aug 2017

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