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Acute toxicity of the mosquito larvicide,Bacillus sphaericus, to the grass shrimp,Palaemonetes pugio, and mummichog,Fundulus heteroclitus

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 29208, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

    Peter B. Key

  2. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Charleston Laboratory, P.O. Box 12607, 29422, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

    Peter B. Key & Geoffrey I. Scott

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Key, P.B., Scott, G.I. Acute toxicity of the mosquito larvicide,Bacillus sphaericus, to the grass shrimp,Palaemonetes pugio, and mummichog,Fundulus heteroclitus . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 425–430 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01239647

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