Amphipod (Hyalella azteca) solid-phase toxicity test using high water-sediment ratios

Small-Scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations: Volume 1 - Toxicity Test Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 413-436

  Borgmann, Uwe ^a   Norwood, Warren P ^a   Nowierski, M ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 33746706702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3120-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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