It's about time: Insights into temporal genetic patterns in oceanic zooplankton from biodiversity indices: Temporal genetic patterns in plankton
- Award ID(s):
- 1522572
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10035472
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Limnology and Oceanography
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 0024-3590
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1836 to 1852
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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