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Williams, H.H., MacKenzie, K. & McCarthy, A.M. Parasites as biological indicators of the population biology, migrations, diet, and phylogenetics of fish. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries 2, 144–176 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042882

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