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Diet differentiation in polymorphicBrachymystax lenok in streams of southern primor′e, Russia

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Nakano, S. Diet differentiation in polymorphicBrachymystax lenok in streams of southern primor′e, Russia. Ichthyological Research 46, 100–102 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674953

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