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Macroinvertebrate Communities and Body Condition of Larval Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in North Carolina
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- 1. Biology Department, Wingate University, Wingate, NC 28174, USA. *Correspondence: E-mail: s.unger@wingate.edu (Unger). Tel: 512-396-0769. E-mail: sierrabellebenfield@gmail.com (Benfield)
- 2. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 1722 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699, USA. E-mail: lori.williams@ncwildlife.org (Williams); charles@equinoxenvironmental.com (Lawson)
- 3. North Carolina Zoological Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205, USA. E-mail: johngroves2005@yahoo.com (Groves)
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Unger, Shem, Benfield, Sierra, Williams, Lori, Lawson, Charles, Groves, John (2021): Macroinvertebrate Communities and Body Condition of Larval Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in North Carolina. Zoological Studies 60 (77): 1-9, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-77, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055902
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