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On Paleoecology: An Attempt to Impose Order on Chaos - Principles of Benthic Marine Paleoecology.Arthur J. Boucot Academic Press; New York. 1981. xv + 463 pp. $58.00.

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Robert T. Paine
Robert T. Paine*
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Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Paleobiology , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Winter 1983 , pp. 86 - 90
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