Defining 'natural' fish communities for fishery management purposes: Biological, historical, and archaeological approaches

Brill's Series in the History of the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 193-223

  Van Neer, Wim ^a   Ervynck, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

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