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Title: Dry and wet periods drive rapid shifts in community assembly in an estuarine ecosystem
PAR ID:
10047911
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Global Change Biology
Volume:
24
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1354-1013
Page Range / eLocation ID:
e627 to e642
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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