Unique structural properties of pelagic food webs

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Havens, Karl E ^a  

^a SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEMS; STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030620565     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545802     Document Type: Article

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