Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna
Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna
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McClain, Craig R. , Balk, Meghan A. , Benfield, Mark C. , Branch, Trevor A. , Chen, Catherine , Cosgrove, James , Dove, Alistair D.M. , Gaskins, Leo , Helm, Rebecca R. , Hochberg, Frederick G. , Lee, Frank B. , Marshall, Andrea , McMurray, Steven E. , Schanche, Caroline , Stone, Shane N. and Thaler, Andrew D.
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United States: PeerJ. Ltd
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What are the greatest sizes that the largest marine megafauna obtain? This is a simple question with a difficult and complex answer. Many of the largest-sized species occur in the world’s oceans. For many of these, rarity, remoteness, and quite simply the logistics of measuring these giants has made obtaining accurate size measurements difficult. I...
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Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_c7ffdf4ed0a5447881a7f3ff1cf78384
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2167-8359
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2167-8359
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10.7717/peerj.715
