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- ↑ Veen, Jan & Dallmeijer, Hanneke & Veen, Thor. (2018). Selecting Piscivorous Bird Species for Monitoring Environmental Change in the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Ardea. 106. 5-18. 10.5253/arde.v106i1.a7.
- ↑ Tim Bromfield (Oct 20, 2009). "Grist: Where the Sahara meets the Atlantic".