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The eradication of crabs in Macrobrachium ponds

Year of publication 1980

Pages p.5

Author Anand Tunsutapanich, (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Chachoengsao (Thailand). Fisheries Station);Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

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Tunsutapanich, A. 1980. The eradication of crabs in Macrobrachium ponds. 5 p.

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