Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2015-01-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1255641PMID 25593191
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