Some aspects of the analysis of size spectra in aquatic ecology

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 184-192

  Vidondo, Beatriz ^a   Prairie, Yves T ^b   Blanco, Jose M ^c   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

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EID: 0030769577     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.1.0184     Document Type: Article

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