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Subchronic Toxicity of Low Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations, Elevated pH, and Elevated Ammonia Concentrations to Lost River Suckers

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Pages 656-666 | Received 08 May 2001, Accepted 02 Jan 2002, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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