Observations of invertebrate colonized flotsam in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, with a discussion of rafting

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Donlan, C Josh ^a,c   Nelson, Peter A ^a,b,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Laboratorio Achotines   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041521074     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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