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Risk Assessment of a Proposed Introduction of Pacific Salmon in the Delaware River Basin

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Jacobson, P.T. (2000). Risk Assessment of a Proposed Introduction of Pacific Salmon in the Delaware River Basin. In: Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22648-6_5

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