Big fish, small fish: Still the same species. Lack of morphometric evidence of the existence of two sturgeon species in the Guadalquivir river

Marine Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 715-723

  Rincon P A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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EID: 0034083705     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050731     Document Type: Article

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