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The Lemna Bioassay: Contemporary Issues as the Most Standardized Plant Bioassay for Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Martin Mkandawire Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa-ken, Japan
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E. Gert Dudel Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Pages 154-197 | Published online: 13 Dec 2013

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