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Ecology & ethology

Macrofaunal secondary production in a lagoon of the Po River Delta: An evaluation of estimation methods

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Pages 147-151 | Received 30 Aug 2000, Accepted 27 Feb 2001, Published online: 28 Jan 2009

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