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| Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change CM Roberts, BC O’Leary, DJ McCauley, PM Cury, CM Duarte, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (24), 6167-6175, 2017 | 705 | 2017 |
