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The challenges of testing metal and metal oxide nanoparticles in algal bioassays: titanium dioxide and gold nanoparticles as case studies

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Pages 1082-1094 | Received 18 Nov 2011, Accepted 09 Jun 2012, Published online: 16 Aug 2012

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