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Assessment of the Genetic Toxicological Impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) may be Confounded by the Influence of Hatchery Fish

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Assessment of the Genetic Toxicological Impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) may be Confounded by the Influence of Hatchery Fish. Ecotoxicology 13, 495–501 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ECTX.0000037202.33461.d0

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