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All issues Volume 38 (2025) Aquat. Living Resour., 38 (2025) 5 References
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Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 38, 2025
Article Number 5
Number of page(s) 18
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2025002
Published online 11 February 2025
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