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Science Museum, Brigham Young University. DIVERSITY, PHENOLOGY, AND ELEVATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF EPHEMEROPTERA, PLECOPTERA, AND TRICHOPTERA IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON, UTAH. Retrieved from
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Mineralogy and Bedrock Lithology on Metal Loading Rates and Acid-Mine Drainage: Bayhorse Creek, Idaho and the North Fork of the American Fork River, Utah. Mine Water Environ 38, 3–15 (2019).
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Contribution of Metals from an Abandoned Mine to The North Fork of The American Fork River, Utah. Water Air Soil Pollut 173, 103–120 (2006).
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