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Original Articles

Long-Term Changes in Nutrient Loading and Stoichiometry and Their Relationships with Changes in the Food Web and Dominant Pelagic Fish Species in the San Francisco Estuary, California

Pages 211-232 | Published online: 27 Aug 2010

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