Observations in ecology: you can't make progress on processes without understanding the patterns.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

• Publication date

  2000-07-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00181-7PMID 10969165
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