Exploring the Relationship between Macrofaunal Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in the Deep Sea
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1 Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Ancona, Italy, 2 Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, 3 Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ, United States, 4 Earth and Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Department for Life and Environmental Science (DISVA), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, 6 Department of Marine Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands
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تاریخ انتشار 2017