Megafaunal diversity associated with marine landscapes of northern Norway: A preliminary assessment

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Mortensen, Pål Buhl ^a   Buhl Mortensen, Lene ^a   Dolan, Margaret ^b   Dannheim, Jennifer ^a   Kröger, Kerstin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 70349631219     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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