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spellingShingle Sayer, M. D. J., Magill, S. H., Pitcher, T. J., Morissette, L., Ainsworth, C., Journal of Fish Biology, Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
title Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
title_full Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
title_fullStr Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
title_full_unstemmed Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
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title_sort simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
title_unstemmed Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitats
topic Aquatic Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00928.x