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Kuidong XU. Exploring seamount ecosystems and biodiversity in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(5): 1585-1590

Exploring seamount ecosystems and biodiversity in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean

Kuidong XU1,2,3,
1 Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;
2 Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China;
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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