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Article

A Comparison of Seining and Electrofishing for Fish Community Bioassessment in a Mexican Atlantic Slope Montane River

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Pages 1725-1732 | Received 11 Jan 2008, Accepted 13 May 2008, Published online: 08 Jan 2011

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