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16. Lammerant, R., Chaikin, S., Belmaker, J., Steger, J., Lazarus, M., Bogi, C., Galil, B., Lubinevsky, H., Zuschin, M., and Albano, P. Altered seasonality links warming to native species collapse within a temperate sea. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (in press).
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1. Chaikin S, Belmaker J, Barash A (2020) Coastal breeding aggregations of threatened stingrays and guitarfish in the Levant. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 30:1160–1171. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3305
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