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An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Peter Bond and Keith Ryan from the Plymouth Electron Microscope Centre at the University of Plymouth for their invaluable assistance during this project. ALD was funded by an Undergraduate Research Bursary awarded to SKD from the Nuffield Foundation (NUF-URB02). WHW is supported partly by a Marine Biological Association of the UK Research Fellowship funded by grant in aid from the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) and through the NERC-funded core strategic research programme of Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

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  1. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK

    W. H. Wilson

  2. Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK

    W. H. Wilson, A. L. Dale, J. E. Davy & S. K. Davy

  3. School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

    A. L. Dale

  4. University College Cork, Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland

    A. L. Dale

  5. Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia

    J. E. Davy

  6. School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand

    S. K. Davy

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Wilson, W.H., Dale, A.L., Davy, J.E. et al. An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals.. Coral Reefs 24, 145–148 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0448-0

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