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Response of Brazos River Oxbow Fish Assemblages to Patterns of Hydrologic Connectivity and Environmental Variability

Steven C. Zeug Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS 2258, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
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Kirk O. Winemiller Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS 2258, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
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Soner Tarim Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS 2258, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
Pages 1389-1399 | Received 23 Aug 2004, Accepted 10 May 2005, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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