Self-similar properties of the spatial structure of intertidal macro- And microbenthic communities

Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 180-194

  Azovsky, A I ^a   Burkovsky, I V ^a   Kolobov, M Yu ^a   Kucheruk, N V ^b   Saburova, M A ^c   Sapozhnikov, F V ^b   Udalov, A A ^b   Chertoprud, M V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CILIATE; DIATOM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; DIATOMS; FRACTALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RUSSIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 34347325972     PISSN: 00444596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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