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All issues Volume 28 / No 1 (January-March 2015) Aquat. Living Resour., 28 1 (2015) 11-19 References
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Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 28, Number 1, January-March 2015
Page(s) 11 - 19
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2015001
Published online 22 April 2015
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