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Biodiversity: a resource with a monetary value?

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Dumont, H.J. (2005). Biodiversity: a resource with a monetary value?. In: Segers, H., Martens, K. (eds) Aquatic Biodiversity II. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 180. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4111-X_2

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