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Colin, Patrick L. 2009 \u00a0Marine Environments of Palau \u00a0Indo-Pacific Press, 414 pp<\/span><\/p>\n Colin, Patrick L. and C. Arneson. 1995. Tropical Pacific Invertebrates, Coral Reef Press, 304 pp.<\/span><\/p>\n Colin, Patrick L., Yvonne J. Sadovy and Michael L. Domeier. 2003. Manual for the Study and Conservation of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations \u00a0Soc. Conserv. Reef Fish Aggregations Special Publication 1, 98 pp.<\/span><\/p>\n Kelly, M. and L.J. Bell. 2016. Splendid Sponges of Palau<\/a> with additional design by Blayne Herr. NIWA\/Coral Reef Research Foundation, 70 pp.<\/p>\n Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y.J. and P.L. Colin (eds.) 2011. Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations: Biology, Research and Management, Fish & Fisheries Series 35, Springer, 621 pp.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”expandable” text_align=”left” anchor=”patris” more_button_label=”Peer Reviewed Publications by CRRF Staff and Associates” less_button_label=”Close this section” expandable_content_top_padding=”0″][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” anchor=”spawning”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1694499974169{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Adams, C.L., J.O. McInerneny and M. Kelly. 1999. Indications of relationships between poriferan classes using full-length 18S rRNA gene sequences. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Sponges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 33-44.<\/p>\n Alderslade, P. 2002. A new soft coral genus (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from Palau. The Beagle 18:1-8.<\/p>\n Alderslade, P. Catherine S. McFadden. 2007. Pinnule-less polyps: a new genus and new species of Indo-Pacific Clavulariidae and validation of the soft coral genus Acrossota<\/em> and the family Acrossotidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) Zootaxa 1400: 27-44.<\/p>\n Allen, G.R., F. Young and P.L. Colin. 2006. Centropyge abei<\/em>, a new species of deep-dwelling angelfish (Pomacanthidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia \u00a0Aqua 11(1): 13-18.<\/p>\n Alvarez, B., Hooper, J.N.A. and Van Soest, R.W. M. 2008. Pipestela<\/em>, a new genus of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida) and description of three new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 105-118.<\/p>\n Alvarez, Belinda and John N.A. Hooper. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Axinellidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 25: 17-42.<\/p>\n Alvarez, Belinda, Mahima\u00a0 Krishnan and Karen Gibb. 2007. Analysis of intragenomic variation of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) in Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK\u00a0 87: 1599-1605.<\/p>\n Andradi-Brown, D., Laverick, J., Bejarano, I., Bridge, T., Colin, P.L., Eyal, G., Jones, R., Kahng, S., Reed, J., Smith, T. and Spalding, H., 2016. Threats to mesophotic coral ecosystems and management options. pp.67-82. in Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems \u2014<\/em> A Lifeboat for Coral Reefs? (Baker, E.K., Puglise, K.A. and Harris, P.T., eds.) The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal.<\/p>\n Andres, M., R.C. Musgrave, D.L. Rudnick, K.L. Zeiden, T. Peacock and J. Park. 2020. On the predictability of sea surface height around Palau. J. of Phys. Ocean. DOI: 10.1175\/JPO-D-19-0310.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n Anseeuw, Patrick, Lori J. Bell and M.G. Harasewych.<\/a>\u00a0 2017. Bayerotrochus belauensis<\/em>, a new species of pleurotomariid from the Palau Islands, western Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae).\u00a0 The Nautilus 131:138-146.<\/p>\n Bayha, K.M. and M.N Dawson.\u00a0 2010.\u00a0 New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton.\u00a0 Biol. Bull. 219: 249\u2013267.<\/p>\n Banta, W.C. and S. Santagata. 1996. Annotated species list of the Bryozoa of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 29(2): 305-312.<\/p>\n Benayahu Y., T.C.L. Bridge, P.L. Colin, R. Liberman, C.S. McFadden, O. Pizarro, M.H. Scheleyer, E. Shoham, B.T. Reijnen, M. Weis and J. Tanaka. \u00a02019. Octocorals of the Indo-Pacific. pp. 709-728 In: Loya Y., Puglise K., Bridge T. (eds) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 12. Springer, Cham.<\/p>\n Benayahu, Y., L.P. van Ofwegen and P. Alderslade. 1998.\u00a0 A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia<\/em> (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica<\/em> May, 1898, and S. dura<\/em> (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy. Zool. Verh. Leiden 323:277-309.<\/p>\n Bergquist, P.R. and M. Kelly. 2004. Taxonomy of some Halisarcida and Homoscleromorphida (Porifera:Demospongiae) from the Indo-Pacific. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 38:51-66.<\/p>\n Bethan L. Wynne-Cattanach, Matthew H. Alford, Jennifer A. MacKinnon, Gunnar Voet. 2022. Measurements of Turbulence Generated by Wake Eddies Near a Steep Headland. JGR Oceans 127(8). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022JC018674<\/a><\/p>\n Blanchette, F., S. Montroy, S. Patris and M.N Dawson. 2020. Marine lakes as biogeographical islands: a physical model for ecological dynamics in an insular marine lake, Palau. Frontiers of Biogeography. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.21425\/F5FBG47736.<\/p>\n Brand, Uwe, K. Azmy, E. Griesshaber, M. A. Bitner, A. Logan, M. Zuschin, E. Ruggiero, and P. L. Colin. \u201cCarbon isotope composition in modern brachiopod calcite: A case of equilibrium with seawater?.\u201d\u00a0 Chemical Geology411 (2015): 81-96.<\/p>\n Bruno, J.F., C.E. Siddon, J.D. Witman, P.L. Colin and M.A Toscano. 2001. El Ni\u00f1o related coral bleaching in Palau, Western Caroline Islands. Coral Reefs 20:127-136.<\/p>\n Button, J.B. 2017.\u00a0 A Characterization of a New Mesophotic Reef in Palau.\u00a0 MSc. Thesis, Univ. of Delaware, Marine Studies, pp. 1-48.<\/p>\n Carlson, B., Awai, M., Saunders, W.B. and Franklin, E.C., 2021. Nautilus belauensis<\/em> population demographics and trap yields in Palau were similar between surveys in 1982 and 2015.\u00a0Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em>,\u00a0670<\/em>, pp.239-245.<\/p>\n Carlson, B.A., J.E. Randall and M.N Dawson. 2008. A new species of Epibulus<\/em> (Perciformes: Labridae) from the west Pacific. Copeia, 2008(2):476-483.<\/p>\n Cimino, M.A., Anderson, M., Schramek, T., Merrifield, S. and Terrill, E.J., 2019. Towards a Fishing Pressure Prediction System for a Western Pacific EEZ.\u00a0Scientific reports<\/em>,\u00a09<\/em>(1), p.461. DOI:10.1038\/s41598-018-36915-x.<\/p>\n Cimino, M., Colin, P., Schramek, T., Lindfield, S., Domeier, M. and Terrill, E., 2018. Oceanographic, acoustic, and remote approaches reveal the spatio-temporal dynamics of blackfin snapper at an aggregation site in Palau.\u00a0Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em>,\u00a0601<\/em>, pp.185-201.<\/p>\n Cimino, M.A., S. Patris, G. Ucharm, L.J. Bell & E. Terrill.\u00a0 2018.\u00a0 Jellyfish distribution and abundance in relation to the physical habitat of Jellyfish Lake, Palau.\u00a0 J. of Trop. Ecol. doi:10.1017\/S0266467418000044.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 1996. Longevity of some coral reef fish spawning aggregations.\u00a0 Copeia 1996(1): 189-192.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 1998. Marine pharmaceuticals from the reef: A view from the field: 76-78, in Hatziolos, M.E., A. J. Hooten, and M. Fodor (eds.) Coral Reefs: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable management. Proc. Assoc. Event 5th World Bank Conf. Environ. Social. Sustainable Devel. 224 pp.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 2008. Velasco Reef: a sunken atoll with unusual “remnant” beds of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum<\/em>. Coral Reefs 27:395.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 2010. Aggregation and spawning of the humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus<\/em> \u00a0(Pisces: Labridae) in Palau: General aspects of spawning behaviour. Journal of Fish Biology 76:987-1007.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 2010. Fishes as living tracers of connectivity in the tropical western North Atlantic: I. Distribution of the neon gobies, genus Elacatinus<\/em> (Pisces: Gobiidae). Zootaxa 2370:36-52.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 2016. 3.6 Spotlight on the Palau Island group.\u00a0 Pp. 31-36 in Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems \u2014<\/em> A Lifeboat for Coral Reefs? (Baker, E.K., Puglise, K.A. and Harris, P.T., eds.) The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. 2018. Ocean warming and the reefs of Palau. Oceanography<\/em> 31(2), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2018.214<\/a>.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L.\u00a0 2018.\u00a0 Thalassodendron ciliatum <\/em>(Cymodoceaceae) in Palau: occurrence, typhoon impacts and changes over time.\u00a0 Botanica Marina, doi.org\/10.1515\/bot-2017-0079.<\/p>\n Colin, P.L. and T.M.S. Johnston. 2020. Measuring Temperature in Coral Reef Environments: Experience, Lessons, and Results from Palau. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8, 0680; doi:10.3390\/jmse8090680<\/a><\/p>\n Colin, P.L., T.M.S. Johnston, J.A. MacKinnon, C.Y. Ou, D.L. Rudnick, E.J. Terrill, S.J. Lindfield, and H. Batchelor. 2019. Ngaraard Pinnacle, Palau: An undersea \u201cIsland\u201d in the flow. Oceanography <\/em>32(4):164\u2013173, https:\/\/doi.org\/ 10.5670\/oceanog.2019.422.<\/p>\n Colin P.L. and S.J. Lindfield. 2019. Palau. pp. 285-299. In: Loya Y., Puglise K., Bridge T. (eds) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 12. Springer, Cham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Colin, P. L., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y., & Donaldson, T. J. 2013. Grouper spawning aggregations: Be careful what you measure and how you measure it: A rebuttal of Golbuu and Friedlander (2011). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,\u00a0 123:1-6.<\/p>\n Conroy, J.L., Thompson, D.M., Cobb, K.M., Noone, D., Rea, S. and Legrande, A.N., 2017. Spatiotemporal variability in the \u03b418O\u2010salinity relationship of seawater across the tropical Pacific Ocean.\u00a0Paleoceanography<\/em>,\u00a032<\/em>(5), pp.484-497.<\/p>\n Costion, C., & Plunkett, G. 2016. A revision of the genus Osmoxylon<\/em> (Araliaceae) in Palau, including two new species. PhytoKeys 58:49-64.<\/p>\n Dawson, Michael N 2015. Island and island-like marine environments.\u00a0 Global Ecology and Biogeography\u00a0 25:831-846.<\/p>\n Dawson, M. N 2003. Macro-morphological variation among cryptic species of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia<\/em> (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). Mar. Biol. 143:369-379.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N & W.M. Hamner. 2005. Rapid evolutionary radiation of marine zooplankton in peripheral environments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102:9235-9240.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N 2005a. Morphological variation and systematics in the Scyphozoa: Mastigias<\/em> (Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae) -a golden unstandard? Hydrobiologia 537:185-206.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N 2005b. Five new subspecies of Mastigias<\/em> (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from marine lakes, Palau, Micronesia. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85:679-694.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N, & W.M. Hamner. 2003. Geographic variation and behavioral evolution in marine plankton: the case of Mastigias<\/em> (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). Mar. Biol. 143:1161-1174.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N, L.E. Martin, L.J. Bell & S. Patris. Marine Lakes. 2009. Pp. 603-607 in Encyclopedia of Islands (R. Gillespie & D.A. Clague, eds.). University of California Press, Berkeley.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N. 2000. Variegated mesocosms as alternatives to shore-based planktonkreisels: notes on the husbandry of jellyfish from marine lakes. J. Plankton Res. 22:1673-1682.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N. 2006. Island evolution in marine lakes. JMBA Global Marine Environment: 26-29.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N. and D.K. Jacobs. 2001. Molecular evidence for cryptic species of Aurelia aurita<\/em> (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Biol. Bull. 200:92-96.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N. and L.E. Martin. 2001. Geographic variation and ecological adaptation in Aurelia<\/em> (Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae): some implications from molecular phylogenetics. Hydrobiologia 451:259-273.<\/p>\n Dawson, M.N., L.E. Martin and L.K. Penland. 2001. Jellyfish swarms, tourists, and the Christ-child. Hydrobiologia 451:131-144.<\/p>\n Dendy, J., Cordell, S., Giardina, C. P., Hwang, B., Polloi, E., & Rengulbai, K. 2015. The role of remnant forest patches for habitat restoration in degraded areas of Palau Restoration Ecology,\u00a0 23:872-881.<\/p>\n Dendy, J.; Collins, P.; Mesubed, D.; Cordell, S.; Giardina, C.P.; Uowolo, A.; Iida, A. 2022. Centennial-Scale Land-Cover Change on Babeldaob Island, Palau. Land, 11, 830, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/land11060830<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dendy, J., Kuegler, O., Lehman, A.D. and Marquez, W.R., 2020. Forest Status Across Micronesia from an Assessment of Micronesia Challenge Terrestrial Measures and Forest Inventory and Analysis Data1.\u00a0Micronesica<\/em>,\u00a02<\/em>, pp.1-16.<\/p>\n Djeghri, N., Pondaven, P., Stockenreiter, M., Behl, S., Huang, J.Y., Hansen, T., Patris, S., Ucharm, G. and Stibor, H., 2020. Isotopic and elemental compositions reveal density\u2010dependent nutrition pathways in a population of mixotrophic jellyfish.\u00a0Ecosphere<\/em>,\u00a011<\/em>(11), p.e03295.<\/p>\n Djeghri, N., Pondaven, P., Le Grand, F., Bideau, A., Duquesne, N., Stockenreiter, M., Behl, S., Huang, J.Y., Hansen, T., Patris, S. and Ucharm, G., 2021. High trophic plasticity in the mixotrophic Mastigias papua<\/em>-Symbiodiniaceae holobiont: implications for the ecology of zooxanthellate jellyfishes.\u00a0Marine Ecology Progress Series<\/em>,\u00a0666<\/em>, pp.73-88.<\/p>\n Domeier ML, Colin PL, Donaldson TJ, Heyman WD, Pet JS, Russell M, Sadovy Y, Samoilys MA, Smith A, Yeeting BA, Smith S.\u00a0 2002. Transforming coral reef conservation: reef fish spawning aggregations component. Spawning Aggregation Working Group Report, The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii, April 22, 2002, 85 pp.<\/p>\n Ellis, Simon and Larry Sharron. 2001. The Culture of Soft Corals (Order: Alcyonacea) for the Marine Aquarium Trade. Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture Publication No. 137, 77 pp.<\/p>\n Erwin, Patrick M. and Robert W. Thacker. 2007. Phylogenetic analyses of marine sponges within the order Verongida: a comparison of morphological and molecular data. Invertebrate Biology 126(3): 220-234.<\/p>\n Etpison, M.T. and P.L. Colin.<\/a> 2018. Blue Water Spawning by Moorish Idols and Orangespine Surgeonfish in Palau: Is it a \u201cSuicide Mission\u201d? aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology 23(4):121-136.<\/p>\n Fabricius, K.E., J.C. Mieog, P.L. Colin, D. Idip and M.J.H. Van Oppen. 2004. Identity and diversity of coral endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) from three Palauan reefs with contrasting bleaching, temperature and shading histories. Mol. Ecol. 13:2445-2458.<\/p>\n Fabricius, K.E., P. Alderslade, G. Williams, P.L. Colin and Y. Golbuu. 2007. Octocorallia in Palau, Micronesia: Effects of biogeography and coast influences on local and regional biodiversity: 79-91 in Kayane, H, M. Omori, K. Fabricius, E. Verheij, P. Colin, Y. Golbuu, and Y. Yukihira (eds). Coral Reefs of Palau, Palau International Coral Reef Center, 238 pp.<\/p>\n Fernandez, J.C., Kelly, M. and Bell, L.J., 2017. Cinachyrella anatriaenilla<\/em> sp. nov., a new tetillid sponge with microacanthoxeas from American Samoa in the South Pacific.Zootaxa<\/em>,\u00a04258<\/em>(1), pp.81-90.<\/p>\n Fernandez, J.C.C., S. Peixinho and E Hadju.\u00a0 2012.\u00a0 Phylogeny and an integrated biogeography of Acanthotetilla<\/em> Burton, 1959 (Demospongiae: Spirophorida: Tetillidae): two-way traffic on the peri-African track.\u00a0 Zootaxa 3402: 1\u201323.<\/p>\n Gallimore, E., Terrill, E., Pietruszka, A., Gee, J., Nager, A. and Hess, R., 2020. Magnetic survey and autonomous target reacquisition with a scalar magnetometer on a small AUV.\u00a0Journal of Field Robotics<\/em>, 37 (7), 1246-1266.<\/p>\n Glasby, C.J., P.C. Schroeder and M.T. Aguado.\u00a0 2012.\u00a0 Branching out: a remarkable new branching syllid (Annelida) living in a Petrosia<\/em> sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae)\u00a0 Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,\u00a0 164:481\u2013497.<\/p>\n Gopalakrishnan, G., & Cornuelle, B. D., 2019. Palau\u2019s effects on regional-scale ocean circulation. Oceanogr., 32 (4), 126\u2013135. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2019.418<\/a><\/p>\n Grottoli, Andrea G. 2006. Monthly resolved stable oxygen isotope record in a Palauan sclerosponge Acanthocheatetes wellsi<\/em> for the period of 1977-2001. Proceedings of 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 572-579.<\/p>\n Hamner, W.M., P.L. Colin and P.P. Hamner. 2007. Export-import dynamics of zooplankton on a coral reef in Palau \u00a0Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 334: 83-92.<\/p>\n Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917.: 755-772 in Hooper, J.N.A. and Soest, R.W.M. van (eds.) Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Vol 1. Plenum, New York.<\/p>\n Hooper, J.N.A., J.A. Kennedy and R.J. Quinn. 2002. Biodiversity “hotspots”, patterns of richness and endemism, and taxonomic affinities of tropical Australian sponges (Porifera). Biodiversity and Conservation 11:851-885.<\/p>\n Jaiteh, V. F., Lindfield, S. J., Mangubhai, S., Warren, C., Fitzpatrick, B., & Loneragan, N. 2016. Higher Abundance Of Marine Predators And Changes In Fishers’ Behavior Following Spatial Protection Within The World’s Biggest Shark Fishery. Frontiers in Marine Science,\u00a0doi.org\/10.3389\/fmars.2016.00043.<\/p>\n Jaiteh, V., Peatman, T., Lindfield, S., Gilman, E. and Nicol, S., 2021. Bycatch Estimates From a Pacific Tuna Longline Fishery Provide a Baseline for Understanding the Long-Term Benefits of a Large, Blue Water Marine Sanctuary.\u00a0Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, p.1462.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S., 2022. Stirring and Mixing in the Wake of Angaur and Peleliu Islands, Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>,\u00a0127<\/em>(5), p.e2022JC018544.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S., et al. 2019a. Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT): A multiscale observational and modeling program to understand how topography affects flows in the western North Pacific. Oceanography <\/em>32(4):10\u201321, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2019.407<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S. and Colin, P.L., 2021. Upwelling and downwelling driven by the North Equatorial Countercurrent and internal waves at Hatohobei Island and Helen Reef, Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, p.e2021JC017606.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S., MacKinnon, J.A., Colin, P.L., Haley Jr, P.J., Lermusiaux, P.F., Lucas, A.J., Merrifield, M.A., Merrifield, S.T., Mirabito, C., Nash, J.D. and Ou, C.Y., 2019b. Energy and Momentum Lost to Wake Eddies and Lee Waves Generated by the North Equatorial Current and Tidal Flows at Peleliu, Palau. Oceanography<\/em>,\u00a032<\/em>(4), p.110-125, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5670\/oceanog.2019.417<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S. and Ou, C.Y., 2020. Mean flow due to momentum flux convergence from internal tides upstream of a submarine ridge near Merir Island, Palau. Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr, <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/essoar.10502859.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S. and Ou, C.Y., 2021. Momentum Flux Convergence From Internal Tides in the North Equatorial Countercurrent Upstream of a Submarine Ridge Near Merir Island, Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>,\u00a0126<\/em>(2), p.e2020JC016770.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S. and Rudnick, D.L., 2022. Stirring and mixing in the wake of Velasco Reef, Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, p.e2022JC018745.<\/p>\n Johnston, T.M.S., Schonau, M., Paluszkiewicz, T., MacKinnon, J., Arbic, B.,Colin, P., . . . Voet, G., 2019. 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