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Diet and feeding ecology of Eriocheir sinensis on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea and in the Tagus Estuary, Portugal Cover

Diet and feeding ecology of Eriocheir sinensis on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea and in the Tagus Estuary, Portugal

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|Sep 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ohs-2019-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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