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Why is the stream fauna of south-western Australia so impoverished?

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Bunn, S.E., Davies, P.M. Why is the stream fauna of south-western Australia so impoverished?. Hydrobiologia 194, 169–176 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028418

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