Consequences of Stinging Plankton Blooms on Finfish Mariculture in the Mediterranean Sea
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1 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, 2 Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy, 3 Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente, CNR—IAMC, Mazara del Vallo, Italy, 4 ICTIOVET S.L., Barcelona, Spain, 5 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 6 Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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