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Effects of Restoration on Small Headwater Stream Quality

Jessica Parant, Randall J. Mitchell and Stephen C. Weeks
Ecological Restoration, March 2025, 43 (1) 43-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.43.1.43
Jessica Parant
Department of Biology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
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Department of Biology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
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Stephen C. Weeks
Department of Biology, 235 Carroll Street, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325,
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