Ecological particularities of the critically endangered killifish Valencia letourneuxi and its spring-fed habitats: a long-lost endemic species of south Albania | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Issue		Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. Number 421, 2020 Topical Issue on Fish Ecology


Article Number		45
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020036
Published online		27 November 2020

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