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All issues Volume 18 / No 3 (July-September 2005) Aquat. Living Resour., 18 3 (2005) 275-289 References
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Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 18, Number 3, July-September 2005
Page(s) 275 - 289
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr:2005032
Published online 15 November 2005
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