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Research Article

Temperature response and salt tolerance of the opportunistic pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica: Implications for the broad whitefish subsistence fishery

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Pages 271-285 | Received 30 Nov 2020, Accepted 13 Aug 2021, Published online: 08 Nov 2021

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