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Title: A Fuzzy Logic Model to Predict Coral Reef Development Under Nutrient and Sediment Stress.

Authors: Meesters, E. H., R. P. M. Bak, S. Westmacott, M. Ridgley, and S. Dollar.

Citation: Meesters, E. H., R. P. M. Bak, S. Westmacott, M. Ridgley, and S. Dollar. 1998. A Fuzzy Logic Model to Predict Coral Reef Development Under Nutrient and Sediment Stress. Conservation Biology 12, no. 5: 957-65.

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