Environmental stress, competition and dominance of Crassostrea virginica near Beaufort, North Carolina, USA

Marine Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 47-56

  Ortega, S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0008144977     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: 14321793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00396950     Document Type: Article

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