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Panagiota Peristeraki, George Tserpes, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Kostantinos I. Stergiou
Comparing demersal megafaunal species diversity along the depth gradient within the South Aegean and Cretan Seas (Eastern Mediterranean)
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