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Acute toxicity of cadmium and sodium pentachlorophenate to daphnids and fish

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  1. Applied Physics Laboratory, Aquatic Ecology Section, The Johns Hopkins University, 20764, Shady Side, MD

    W. Scott Hall, Robert L. Paulson, Lenwood W. Hall Jr. & Dennis T. Burton

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Hall, W.S., Paulson, R.L., Hall, L.W. et al. Acute toxicity of cadmium and sodium pentachlorophenate to daphnids and fish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37, 308–316 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607766

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