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  • 1Samantha Totoni, James P. Fabisiak, and Jim Peterson are with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA. Val R. Beasley is with the Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana. Jon M. Arnemo is with the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Koppang, Norway, and the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden. John H. Schulz is with the School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia. Martha A. Terry is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.

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