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All issues Volume 19 / No 1 (January-March 2006) Aquat. Living Resour., 19 1 (2006) 31-46 References
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Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 19, Number 1, January-March 2006
Page(s) 31 - 46
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr:2006003
Published online 01 April 2006
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