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                            <para>The dataset contains both presence and absence occurrence records of fish species from Croatia, reported by various institutions of the nature protection sector.</para>
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                    <givenName>Gabrijela</givenName>
                <surName>Božić</surName>
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            <organizationName>Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition</organizationName>
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                                    <para>See the corresponding associated references for details.</para>
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                                <para>The occurrence records are the result of various projects, with differing sampling methodologies. These can be found in the reports for each project, denoted by the associated references.</para>
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                    <title>Fish species occurrence data gathered through various projects, e.g. financed by the public institutions for management of protected areas of nature, various literature and other sources.</title>
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                            <para>The dataset contains both presence and absence occurrence records of fish species from Croatia, reported by various institutions of the nature protection sector.</para>
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