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Acute toxicity of cadmium to two species of infaunal marine amphipods (tube-dwelling and burrowing) from New Zealand

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  1. Water Quality Centre, DSIR Marine and Freshwater, P.O. Box 11 115, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Christopher W. Hickey & David S. Roper

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Hickey, C.W., Roper, D.S. Acute toxicity of cadmium to two species of infaunal marine amphipods (tube-dwelling and burrowing) from New Zealand. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 165–170 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00193356

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