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This research was completed at Colorado State University, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology under contract with the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish Pesticide Research Laboratory.
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Post, G., Schroeder, T.R. The toxicity of four insecticides to four salmonid species. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 6, 144–155 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540097
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