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Estuarine sediment bioassay with oyster pediveliger larvae (Crassostrea gigas)

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  1. Biology Department, University of the District of Columbia, 20008, Washington, D.C., USA

    Harriette L. Phelps & Kimberly A. Warner

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Phelps, H.L., Warner, K.A. Estuarine sediment bioassay with oyster pediveliger larvae (Crassostrea gigas). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 197–204 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700136

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