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Key, P.B., Scott, G.I. Acute toxicity of the mosquito larvicide,Bacillus sphaericus, to the grass shrimp,Palaemonetes pugio, and mummichog,Fundulus heteroclitus . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 425–430 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01239647
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