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- 2003
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 423
- Issue
- 6937
- Pages
- 280-283
- Citations
- 2901
- Access
- Closed
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Ransom A. Myers,
Boris Worm
(2003).
Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities.
Nature
, 423
(6937)
, 280-283.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01610
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- DOI
- 10.1038/nature01610