GRAZER DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SEAGRASS BEDS: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST

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  2001

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2001-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2417:GDFRAP]2.0.CO;2
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