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Researchers look at flooding effects on the blue head chub, a minnow that benefits many fish species

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Doctoral student Thomas Bustamante and undergraduate Evan Beall study the blue head chub in streams within the New River Valley

Doctoral student Thomas Bustamante and undergraduate Evan Beall study the blue head chub in streams within the New River Valley
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