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Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, zinc, ammonia, 3,3′-dichlorobenzidine, 2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline, methylene chloride, and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol to juvenile grass shrimp and killifish

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Burton, D.T., Fisher, D.J. Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, zinc, ammonia, 3,3′-dichlorobenzidine, 2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline, methylene chloride, and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol to juvenile grass shrimp and killifish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 776–783 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701802

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