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All issues Volume 9 (2025) Acta Acust., 9 (2025) 76 References
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Acta Acust.
Volume 9, 2025
Article Number 76
Number of page(s) 14
Section Underwater Sound
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/aacus/2025060
Published online 09 December 2025
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