Getting to the bottom of marine biodiversity: Sedimentary habitats: Ocean bottoms are the most widespread habitat on earth and support high biodiversity and key ecosystem services

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-130

  Snelgrove, Paul V R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 0033044421     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313538     Document Type: Review

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