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Effects of a Selectively Reduced Gizzard Shad Population on Trophic Interactions and Age-0 Fishes in Walker County Lake, Alabama

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Pages 860-872 | Received 20 Oct 1999, Accepted 09 Jun 2000, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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