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Adami, M.L. and S. Gordillo, 1999 Structure and dynamics of the biota associated with Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyta) from the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego. Sci. Mar. 63(Suppl 1):183-191.
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