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Long-term persistence of wood on the sea floor at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2018

Paul K. Dayton
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, mail code 0227, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Gordon A. Robilliard
Affiliation:
1823 61st Ave. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335, USA
John S. Oliver
Affiliation:
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
Stacy Kim
Affiliation:
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
Kamille Hammerstrom*
Affiliation:
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
Kevin O’Connor
Affiliation:
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
Jennifer Fisher
Affiliation:
Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, USA
Julie Barber
Affiliation:
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Department of Fisheries, 11426 Moorage Way, La Conner, WA 98221, USA
Shannon Jarrell
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, mail code 0227, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

Abstract

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© Antarctic Science Ltd 2018 

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