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Temporal and Spatial Assessment of Water Quality, Physical Habitat, and Benthic Communities in an Impaired Agricultural Stream in California's San Joaquin Valley

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Pages 959-989 | Received 26 Oct 2004, Published online: 20 Aug 2010

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