What Is the Relative Importance of Phytoplankton and Attached Macroalgae and Epiphytes to Food Webs on Offshore Oil Platforms?

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-64

  Daigle, Sara T ^a   Fleeger, John W ^a   Cowan Jr , James H ^a   Pascal, Pierre Yves ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

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EID: 84891529544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.774301     Document Type: Article

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