Development and evaluation of the Lake Multi-biotic Integrity Index for Dongting Lake, China
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Prevalence, intensity and associated morbidity of Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Dongting Lake region, China.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Limnology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1723-8633,1129-5767
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1186