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John A. Kiddon1 , Hugh Sullivan2 \*, Walter G. Nelson3 , Marguerite C. Pelletier1 , Linda Harwell4 , Mari Nord5 and Steve Paulsen6

1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, Narragansett, RI, USA

2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Washington, DC, USA

3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Newport, OR, USA

4 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA

5 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, Water Division, Chicago, IL, USA

6 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Pacific Ecological Systems Division, Corvallis, OR, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: sullivan.hugh@epa.gov

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