Burrowing shrimps and seagrass dynamics in shallow-water meadows off molinao (New Philippines): UNESCO-IHE PhD

Burrowing Shrimps and Seagrass Dynamics in Shallow-Water Meadows off Bolinao (New Philippines): UNESCO-IHE PhD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-100

  Nacorda, Hildie Maria ^a,b,c  

^a Quezon National High School   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^c Fisheries Institute of Fisheries Development and Research   (Philippines)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781439828359     Document Type: Book

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