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Effects of water hardness, water temperature, and size of the test organism on the susceptibility of the freshwater shrimp,Gammarus pulex (L.), to toxicants

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Stephenson, R.R. Effects of water hardness, water temperature, and size of the test organism on the susceptibility of the freshwater shrimp,Gammarus pulex (L.), to toxicants. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 31, 459–466 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622278

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