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Toxicity studies of antiscalant agents using Arbacia punctulata gametes and embryos as test organisms

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  1. Mineralization Center, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Alabama, 36688, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Catherine S. Cekolin, Julie E. Donachy & C. Steven Sikes

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Cekolin, C.S., Donachy, J.E. & Sikes, C.S. Toxicity studies of antiscalant agents using Arbacia punctulata gametes and embryos as test organisms. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 108–115 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196548

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