Data issues in the life sciences

ZooKeys

Volumn 150, Issue , 2011, Pages 15-51

  Thessen, Anne E ^a   Patterson, David J ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data issues; Escience; Incentives; Informatics; Life science; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856429870     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.150.1766     Document Type: Review

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