Bastardie, Francois

Berkenhagen, Jörg

Diekmann, Rabea

Kloppmann, Mathias

Kraus, Gerd

Pogoda, B.

Schultze, Torsten

Stelzenmüller, Vanessa

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Co-location of passive gear fisheries in offshore wind farms: Fairytale or future marine spatial planning approach?

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