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Fish Fauna of Ilisu Area on the Tigris River, Before Impoundment of the Ilisu Dam (Turkey) Cover

Fish Fauna of Ilisu Area on the Tigris River, Before Impoundment of the Ilisu Dam (Turkey)

By: Erhan Ünlü  
Open Access
|Dec 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2021-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2344-3219 | Journal ISSN: 1841-7051
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 86
Published on: Dec 26, 2021
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
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