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Physical Habitat and Fish Assemblage Relationships with Landscape Variables at Multiple Spatial Scales in Wadeable Iowa Streams

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Pages 1333-1351 | Received 29 Aug 2008, Accepted 31 Mar 2009, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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