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Robert Poulin, Gerard J. FitzGerald, A Possible Explanation for the Aggregated Distribution of Argulus canadensis Wilson, 1916 (Crustacea: Branchiura) on Juvenile Sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae), The Journal of Parasitology, Vol. 75, No. 1 (Feb., 1989), pp. 58-60
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