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Paradox of the plankton

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Paradox of the plankton
Prof. Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Paradox of the plankton

Summary

Paradox of the plankton is a population biology[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (population_biology category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paradox of the plankton's image is recorded as Diatoms through the microscope.jpg[3].
  • Paradox of the plankton's instance of is recorded as population biology[4].
  • Paradox of the plankton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rb3gd[5].
  • Paradox of the plankton's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 164542323[6].
  • Paradox of the plankton's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as agricultural-and-biological-sciences/paradox-of-the-plankton[7].

Why It Matters

Paradox of the plankton draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (population_biology category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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