Prioritizing urban marine habitats for conservation
β Scribed by Richard A. McKinney
- Book ID
- 107526684
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 364 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1400-0350
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