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All issues Volume 39 (2026) Aquat. Living Resour., 39 (2026) 6 References
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Aquat. Living Resour.
Volume 39, 2026
Dynamics of small-scale fishery social-ecological systems: interdisciplinary insights from Madagascar
Article Number 6
Number of page(s) 17
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/alr/2025020
Published online 10 February 2026
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