Large-scale ecological patterns: discontinuous distribution of marine benthic epifauna
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Global biodiversity patterns of benthic marine algae.
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عنوان ژورنال: Marine Ecology Progress Series
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0171-8630,1616-1599
DOI: 10.3354/meps083015