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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.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

Robert T. Paine*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

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