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Investigating the trochus 'El Dorado'

02-15-2007 · EurekAlert!

Scientific and indigenous knowledge must join together to better manage disappearing marine resources in developing countries, such as shark, trochus, and sea cucumber stocks on the islands to Australia's north.

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