Effects of limpets on competition and diversity in a community of marine sessile invertebrates

Ophelia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-66

  Gateño, Daniel ^a,b   Safriel, Uriel N ^a   Erez, Neta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 0029770701     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1996.10432462     Document Type: Article

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