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Modeling the Size Spectrum for Macroinvertebrates and Fishes in Stream Ecosystems
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Published on: July 30, 2019

[Seasonal dynamics of the structure of component communities of parasites in the young minnow Phoxinus phoxinus (L.)]

G N Dorovskikh, E A Golikova

    Parazitologiia
    |June 10, 2009
    PubMed

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