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Sampling dwarf wedgmussel tissue for genetic analysis.

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Sampling blood from rainbow trout on the Alagnak River, Alaska.

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Field necropsy of a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) as part of a wild fish health assessment.

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LSC scientists are conducting studies of the distribution and genetics of rare plants to assist the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

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Field processing station for fish necropsy and sample collection as part of a collaborative U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service project investigating possible endocrine disruption in Region 5 National Wildlife Refuges.

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