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Baptista, V., Morais, P., Costa, E.F.S. et al. The ocean in a box: water density gradients and discontinuities in water masses are important cues guiding fish larvae towards estuarine nursery grounds. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 75, 67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03005-4
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