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Schubert, H., Schories, D., Schneider, B., Selig, U. (2017). Brackish water as an environment. In: Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, P., Schubert, H., Radziejewska, T. (eds) Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0668-2_1
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