Decadal shifts in traits of reef fish communities in marine reserves

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Scientific Reports

Export Date: 22 December 2021 Correspondence Address: Hadj-Hammou, J.; Lancaster University Environment Centre, United Kingdom; email: j.hadj-hammou@lancaster.ac.uk Funding details: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, JDCTMF Funding details: Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, NE/L002604/1 Funding details: Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, WIOMSA Funding text 1: Grants from the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, the Tiffany, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundations to the Wildlife Conservation Society supported the field work. Thanks to Kenya’s National Commission for Science and Innovation for clearance to do research in Kenya and Kenya Wildlife Services for permission to work in the parks. Research development was supported by a Doctoral Training Programme grant from NERC ENVISION (Grant Number: NE/L002604/1). 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