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Journal of Freshwater Ecology Volume 12, 1997 - Issue 1
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Factors Affecting the Distribution and Abundance of Two Prosobranch Snails in a Thermal Spring

Hammou Laamrani Département de Parasitologie et Maladies Parasitaires, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, BP 6202, Rabat-Instituts, Morocco
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Khalid Khallayoune Département de Parasitologie et Maladies Parasitaires, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, BP 6202, Rabat-Instituts, Morocco
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Bernard Delay Laboratoire de Génétique, URA CNRS 327, Institut des Sciences de I'Evolution, case 065 UM2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier cedex 05, France
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Jean-Pierre Pointier Laboratoire de Biologie Marine et Malacologie, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, URA CNRS 698, Centre de Biologie et d'Ecologie Tropicale et Medetérranéenne, Université de Perpignan, Avenue de Villeneuve, 66860, Perpignan, France
Pages 75-79 | Received 08 Mar 1996, Accepted 21 Aug 1996, Published online: 06 Jan 2011

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