The role of the mesobenthos in the size structure of an intertidal ecosystem

Oceanology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 502-511

  Udalov, A A ^a   Burkovskii, I V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WHITE SEA;

EID: 0036377627     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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