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Oceanic barnacles act as foundation species on plastic debris: implications for marine dispersal

Plastic has emerged as an abundant, stable substratum for oceanic dispersal of organisms via rafting. However, the ecological mechanisms underlying community diversity on plastic debris remain poorly understood. On a cruise from California to Hawai’i, we surveyed plastic debris, some likely originat...

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Autores principales: Gil, Michael A., Pfaller, Joseph B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4728489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26813348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19987