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Sediment and Salmon: The Role of Spawning Sockeye Salmon in Annual Bed Load Transport Characteristics in Small, Interior Streams of British Columbia

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Pages 758-767 | Received 13 Nov 2008, Accepted 02 Dec 2009, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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