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Thresholds for Survival of Brown Trout during the Spring Flood Acid Pulse in Streams High in Dissolved Organic Carbon

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Pages 1363-1377 | Received 24 Mar 2007, Accepted 12 Feb 2008, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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