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Toxicity of the Northern Puffer,Sphaeroides maculatus, in the Chesapeake Bay and its environs

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  1. Paul F. Robinson

    Present address: Medical Research Laboratory, Applied Physiology Branch, 21010, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland

  2. Frank J. Schwartz

    Present address: Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, 28557, Morehead City, N. C.

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  1. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, 20688, Solomons, Maryland

    Paul F. Robinson & Frank J. Schwartz

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Robinson, P.F., Schwartz, F.J. Toxicity of the Northern Puffer,Sphaeroides maculatus, in the Chesapeake Bay and its environs. Chesapeake Science 9, 136–137 (1968). https://doi.org/10.2307/1351256

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