Productivity, trophic structure, and energy flow in the steady-state ecosystems of Silver Springs, Florida
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Productivity, trophic structure, and energy flow in the steady-state ecosystems of Silver Springs, Florida W.M. Kemp a,∗, W.R. Boynton b a Horn Point Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland System, Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA b Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland System, 1 Williams Street, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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