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Aerial application of organic pellets eliminates Lake Trout recruitment from a primary spawning reef in Yellowstone Lake
Differential shortstopping behaviour in Whooping Cranes: Habitat or social learning?
Simulating post-dam removal effects of hatchery operations and disease on juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) production in the Lower Klamath River, California
Executive SummaryThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has been considering the approval to breach four dams on lower Klamath River in southern Oregon and northern California. Approval of this application would allow for Strikeouts indicate text deletion hereafter. decommissioning and dam removal, beginning as early as 2023. This action would affect Klamath River salmon (Oncorhynchus ssp.) popu
Quality of groundwater used for domestic supply in the Modesto, Turlock, and Merced Subbasins of the San Joaquin Valley, California
Vertical transmission of Renibacterium salmoninarum in cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
Skinks of Oceania, New Guinea, and Eastern Wallacea: An underexplored biodiversity hotspot
Out of the frying pan and into the fire: Effects of volcanic heat and other stressors on the conservation of a critically endangered plant in Hawaiʻi
Round goby detection in Lakes Huron and Michigan— An evaluation of eDNA and fish catches
Comparison of community practitioner and clinical educator expectations of veterinary graduates
Gross alpha-particle activity and high 226Ra concentrations do not correspond with high 210Po in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain aquifers of the United States
210Po, which is of human-health concern based on lifetime ingestion cancer risk, is indirectly regulated in drinking water through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s gross alpha-particle activity (GAPA) maximum contaminant level of 15 pCi/L (picocuries per liter). This regulation requires independent measurement of 226Ra for samples exceeding the GAPA screening level of 5 pCi/L. There is n