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Bemis, W.E., Birstein, V.J., Waldman, J.R. (1997). Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: An introduction. In: Birstein, V.J., Waldman, J.R., Bemis, W.E. (eds) Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46854-9_2
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