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Development and evaluation of a nondestructive measure of fish growth for sublethal toxicity assessment

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Foster, S.C., Burks, S.L., Fort, D.J. et al. Development and evaluation of a nondestructive measure of fish growth for sublethal toxicity assessment. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 85–90 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00205143

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