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A furunculosis epizootic during May 1968 decimated the yellow bass population in Clear Lake, Iowa. Loss in body weight during the previous year and reduced fecundity suggested that inadequate nutrition resulting from over-population was a causal factor.
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Ross V. Bulkley (1969) studied this question.
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