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- ↑ "LINEA DE BASE Y REFERENCIA DE GOVERNANCE" (PDF). CRC (in Spanish). University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ↑ Rogers, Tim. Christopher Howard's Living & Investing in the New Nicaragua. Costa Rica Books. p. 195. ISBN 1-881233-59-6.
- ↑ "The Pacific Beaches in Nicaragua: Estero Padre Ramos". ViaNica. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
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- ↑ Gaos, Alexander; Jose Urteaga (2010). "New conservation project for hawksbill turtles in the Estero Padre Ramos Natural Reserve, Nicaragua". Oryx. 44: 321–327. doi: 10.1017/S003060531000061X .
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