Drifting plastic and its consequences for sessile organism dispersal in the Atlantic Ocean

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Marine Biology

• Publication date

  2005-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S00227-004-1474-8
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