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Relationships of Elevation, Channel Slope, and Stream Width to Occurrences of Native Fishes at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Interface

Tamara S. Brunger Lipsey U.S. Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071-3166, USA
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Wayne A. Hubert U.S. Geological Survey, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071-3166, USA
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Frank J. Rahel Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071-3166, USA
Pages 695-705 | Received 25 Mar 2005, Accepted 30 Jun 2005, Published online: 07 Jan 2011

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