Opinion obligate marine scavengers: Do they exist?

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 475-481

  Kaiser, M J ^a   Moore, P G ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032918963     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002229399300191     Document Type: Article

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