Precise tuning of barnacle leg length to coastal wave action
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1776