Waltzing with asymmetry

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 518-532

  Palmer, A Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0029741192     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312930     Document Type: Article

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