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<br />Table of Contents
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<br />Acknowledgments '...'....,..."......'.,....'."........,.',.,.".',....'..' )1
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<br />List of Tables , , . ' . . . . ' , . . , . ' , . . . . . , . ' . ' . . ' . . . . . . . , ' . . . . . . . ' . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . , , , iv
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<br />List of Figures '.'...,...'........'....'.,...."'.,.,.'....'""""""...",, v
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<br />List of Keywords , , . . , ' . . . . , . . . . . . ' . , . . ' . . . , . . . . . . . ' . , . , , . , . ' . ' , . . , . ' . . . ' . ' . . ' vi
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<br />Executive Summary . ' . . . . . . . ' , . . . . , , . ' . , . . ' . . . , . ' . , . . . ' , . . . ,. . . . , . , , . , . . . . . " vii
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<br />Introduction .......'..',....",..'...,.,....."'.,...".'.,..'".,....',,.,'.' 1
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<br />Materials and Methods . . , . . . , . , . . . . . . , . . . , . . . , . . , , . , . . . ' . . ' . ' . , ' . , . . , . . ' , . , . , . ' , 3
<br />Experimental animals. . ' , . . . , . , . ' . ' . . . . . . , . ' . , ' , , ' . . . . . . , . , . ' , . ' . , ' . . ' . , . . 3
<br />Algae and rotifers . . . . , , . . . , , , . . . . . . , . . . . , . ' . , . . ' . . . . , . . . . . . ' , . . . , , , 3
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<br />Razorback sucker . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . , . . . . . . , , . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . 3
<br />Fathead minnow. , . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . , . , . ' . , , , , ' . . , , . . . ' , . . . . ' , , . . 4
<br />Experimental design and exposure system .......,...'.,...',."...',.....,.', 4
<br />Physical and chemical conditions ..,....,..."...,.."..",..,...',,'..'.,., 6
<br />Toxicant solutions .'...............,....,.'....,.,.."'.'.",,..','."..' 6
<br />Analytical procedures .".....,..,.....,...'.,.,.'.,."",'..,.'"..,.,.', 7
<br />Statistical analysis .'.,...............",.,...'....,...'.'.,'.,..."..,... S
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<br />Results. . . ' . . . . . , . . . ' . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . ' . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . ' . . . . . ' , . ' 10
<br />Toxicant solutions and analytical procedures ,'.'..'.,..,,'.....,..,...'..'.,. 10
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<br />Dietary study ..,..".'.,...".'.,.,..,.,.'.,,'...,.,,'.'.,..,......'... 15
<br />Renewal-acute tests .,....,.,.,.'.'..."...'".,.'.,..",'..'.,.",.,,'.' 15
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<br />Discussion .,'......,.'............,.....'..'.,...'.,.,...,....,.,.,.,..,...' 21
<br />Dietary study ..,............,...,.......,..,.,...,..,.,....,...".,..,. 2\
<br />Renewal-acute tests .........'..........,..'..'......"'...,..,........,, 23
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<br />Conclusions ........,.....,...,.......,........'..'......"'.'...,....'.,,..' 24
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<br />Recommendations ..........'............,......,...,........,...............' 24
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<br />O ., .. 24
<br />ngomg lnvesl1gatlOns ....',..,.'.,.............'.,..,..""".,.'."..'.,,'.'
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<br />References '.........,.,........,...,....'............,.....,.,..,........... 26
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<br />Appendix ..."..".,.....,...,.,...,...,.,.''''.'."'.'.,..'.,.,.,.,..",,, 28
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