Biodiversity surveys and stable isotope analyses reveal key differences in intertidal assemblages between tropical seawalls and rocky shores
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Role of recruitment in causing differences between intertidal assemblages on seawalls and rocky shores
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Ecology Progress Series
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0171-8630,1616-1599
DOI: 10.3354/meps12409