Population genetics and biogeography of the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 1353-1369

  Neigel, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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