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Original Articles

Functional Feeding and Habit Organization of Macroinvertebrate Communities in Permanent and Temporary Ponds in Central Italy

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Pages 493-497 | Received 09 Dec 2003, Accepted 16 Apr 2004, Published online: 11 Jan 2011

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