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- 1 2 Lindsey, Bruce D.; Kevin J. Breen; Michael D. Bilger; Robin A. Brightbill (1998). "Major issues and findings—Biological communities and stream habitat". Water Quality in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1992-95, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1168. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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