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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Latitudinal regionalization of epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities on rocky reefs in the Gulf of California

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Pages 389-401 | Received 21 Apr 2015, Accepted 28 Dec 2015, Published online: 27 Apr 2016

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