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The Annelid Community of a Natural Deep-sea Whale Fall off Eastern Australia
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- 1. Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, UMR6197 Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, Plouzané, France
- 2. Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden & Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 3. Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom & University of Grenada, Grenada, Spain
- 4. Life Sciences Department, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- 5. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia & Natural Sciences, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia & Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
- 6. Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
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Georgieva, Magdalena N., Wiklund, Helena, Ramos, Dino A., Neal, Lenka, Glasby, Christopher J., Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023): The Annelid Community of a Natural Deep-sea Whale Fall off Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (3): 167-213, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1800, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1800
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