Conservation of subterranean fishes

Biology of Subterranean Fishes

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 65-80

  Bichuette, Maria Elina ^a   Trajano, Eleonora ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1578086702     Document Type: Chapter

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