Marine Fish Population Collapses: Consequences for Recovery and Extinction Risk
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عنوان ژورنال: BioScience
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0006-3568
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0297:mfpccf]2.0.co;2