Social media: an emerging, fast, cheap, and effective tool for detection of non-native fish species
Mídias sociais: uma ferramenta emergente, rápida, barata e eficaz para detecção de espécies de peixes não nativas
Johnatas Adelir-Alves; Natali Oliva Roman Miiller; Matheus Oliveira Freitas; Carla Grasiele Zanin Hegel; Cristina Bernardo; Juliani Giselli Prestes; Jean Ricardo Simões Vitule
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Submitted date:
11/06/2025
Accepted date:
28/08/2025
Publication date:
05/11/2025
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