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Composition and richness of macrophyte communities in small Danish streams - influence of environmental factors and weed cutting

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Composition and richness of macrophyte communities in small Danish streams - influence of environmental factors and weed cutting. Hydrobiologia 495, 171–179 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025442017837

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