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The Pervasive Biological Explanation - Biotic Interactions in Recent and Fossil Benthic Communities.Michael J. S. Tevesz and Peter L. McCall, editors. Plenum Publishing Co.; New York. 1983. xxi + 800 pp. $95.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Charles H. Peterson*
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557

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