Ontogenetic shifts in habitat use by the endangered Roanoke logperch (Percina rex)
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AMANDA ROSENBERGER* AND PAUL L. ANGERMEIER † *University of Idaho, Department of Civil Engineering and the Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise Aquatic Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID, U.S.A. †United States Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A.
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