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Close Encounters with a Fish Screen III: Behavior, Performance, Physiological Stress Responses, and Recovery of Adult Delta Smelt Exposed to Two-Vector Flows near a Fish Screen

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Pages 713-726 | Received 18 Feb 2009, Accepted 28 Nov 2009, Published online: 09 Jan 2011

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