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ARTICLE

Habitat Selection and Overlap of Atlantic Salmon and Smallmouth Bass Juveniles in Nursery Streams

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Pages 1145-1157 | Received 16 Mar 2010, Accepted 28 Feb 2011, Published online: 20 Sep 2011

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