From Bacteria to Whales: Using Functional Size Spectra to Model Marine Ecosystems.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2016.12.003PMID 28109686
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