During our July 2015 surveys in Moorea, French Polynesia, we observed a massive mortality event of our focal study organism, Cereasignum (previously Dendropoma) maximum.
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During our July 2015 surveys in Moorea, French Polynesia, we observed a massive mortality event of our focal study organism, Cereasignum (previously Dendropoma) maximum.