From Darwin to the Census of Marine Life: Marine Biology as Big Science

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vermeulen, Niki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HISTORY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 84872346677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054284     Document Type: Article

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