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Title: Species identity drives ecosystem function in a subsidy-dependent coastal ecosystem
Award ID(s):
1831937
NSF-PAR ID:
10308807
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Oecologia
Volume:
196
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0029-8549
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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