Fish versus zooplankton predation in lakes
โ Scribed by WURTSBAUGH, WAYNE; LI, HIRAM; LI, JUDITH
- Book ID
- 109723865
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 292
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/292779b0
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