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Patterns of habitat segregation among large fishes in a Venezuelan floodplain river

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Layman, Craig A., Winemiller, Kirk O. (2005): Patterns of habitat segregation among large fishes in a Venezuelan floodplain river. Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1): 111-117, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252005000100007, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000100007&lng=en&tlng=en

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