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spellingShingle Tambutté, Eric, Tambutté, Sylvie, Segonds, Natacha, Zoccola, Didier, Venn, Alexander, Erez, Jonathan, Allemand, Denis, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine
title Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_full Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_fullStr Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_full_unstemmed Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_short Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_sort calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
title_unstemmed Calcein labelling and electrophysiology: insights on coral tissue permeability and calcification
topic General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Medicine
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