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Nandakumar Kanavillil
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Hierarchical diversity partitioning of microscopic epibiont community on intertidal molluscan shells and inert surfaces over three geographic regions in Japan.
Oecologia · 2024 · senior author
1 publications.
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Hierarchical diversity partitioning of microscopic epibiont community on intertidal molluscan shells and inert surfaces over three geographic regions in Japan.
Takada Y, Kanavillil N
Oecologia2024Senior author
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