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Farming of Eucheuma in the south Pacific islands of Fiji

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Luxton, D.M., Robertson, M. & Kindley, M.J. Farming of Eucheuma in the south Pacific islands of Fiji. Hydrobiologia 151, 359–362 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046153

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