Barcoding rotifer biodiversity in Mediterranean ponds using diapausing egg banks
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Barcoding rotifer biodiversity in Mediterranean ponds using diapausing egg banks
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2986