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Wen Zhao1, Boshi Yu, Ting Wang

  • 1Key Laboratory of Hydrobiology in Liaoning Province' s Universities, Dalian Fisheries University, Dalian 116023, China. zhaowen@dlfu.edu.cn

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao = the Journal of Applied Ecology
|October 28, 2006
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