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Original Articles

Assessing Water Quality Using Two Taxonomic Levels of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Analysis: Implications for Volunteer Monitors

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Pages 581-586 | Received 12 Jan 2004, Accepted 30 Mar 2004, Published online: 07 Jan 2011

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