Rocky intertidal oceanography: An association between community structure and nearshore phytoplankton concentration

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-66

  Menge, Bruce A ^a   Daley, Bryon A ^a   Wheeler, Patricia A ^a   Strub, P Ted ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030841414     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.1.0057     Document Type: Article

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