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A novel method to assess the cercariae emission intensity of littorinid populations

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Knowles, A.J., Davies, M.S. A novel method to assess the cercariae emission intensity of littorinid populations. Hydrobiologia 378, 237–239 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003278730505

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