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Distribution of Agonostomus monticola and Brycon behreae in the Río Grande de Térraba, Costa Rica and relations with water flow

  • 1. Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, 11501-2060, Costa Rica

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Ribeiro, Thiago Cotta, Villalobos, Gerardo Umaña (2010): Distribution of Agonostomus monticola and Brycon behreae in the Río Grande de Térraba, Costa Rica and relations with water flow. Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (4): 841-849, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252010000400014, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252010000400014&lng=en&tlng=en

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