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ARTICLE

Relative Vulnerability of PIT-Tagged Subyearling Fall Chinook Salmon to Predation by Caspian Terns and Double-Crested Cormorants in the Columbia River Estuary

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Pages 1321-1334 | Received 09 Oct 2012, Accepted 08 May 2013, Published online: 20 Aug 2013

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