Morphometric variability of seagrass species in a marine-protected area of Tomia Island

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 185, 2025 The International Symposium on Marine and Fisheries (SYMARFISH 2025)


Article Number		02004
Number of page(s)		17
Section		Aquatic Ecology and Conservation
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202518502004
Published online		14 August 2025

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