Barnacles (Cirripedia Balanomorpha) of the estuarine region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Oceanography
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1679-3013
DOI: 10.5914/tropocean.v34i2.5151