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              habitat. However, especially hotspots are beginning to
            
            
              pollution in locally. Agricultural practices should be
            
            
              improved to reduce fertilizer loading and consequent
            
            
              runoff from agricultural lands and domestic discharge
            
            
              should be treated specially in station 2.
            
            
              
                Acknowledgments
              
            
            
              Suggestions from two anonymous reviewers are greatly
            
            
              appreciated.
            
            
              
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