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Ecological responses of selected vascular plants to water chemistry parameters in habitat types 3120, 3130 and 3170* (Habitat Directive 92/43/EEC)

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Pages 1338-1345 | Received 17 Jul 2017, Accepted 26 Mar 2018, Published online: 24 Apr 2018

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