Aquatic toxicology of explosives

Ecotoxicology of Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 77-116

  Nipper, Marion ^a   Carr, R Scott ^b   Lotufo, Guilherme R ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

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