Tropical Environment

Fish Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue C, 2005, Pages 1-45

  Val, Adalberto L ^a   De Almeida Val, Vera Maria F ^a   Randall, David J ^a  

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EID: 77953155396     PISSN: 15465098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1546-5098(05)21001-4     Document Type: Review

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