Issue
Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 38, 2025
Dynamics of small-scale fishery social-ecological systems: interdisciplinary insights from Madagascar
Article Number 13
Number of page(s) 14
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2025009
Published online 26 August 2025
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