Dual stable isotope abundances unravel trophic position of estuarine nematodes
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0025-3154,1469-7769
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315405012580