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Original Articles

Acute toxic effects of organic effluents on Chironomus travalensis Kieffer (Chironomidae: Diptera)

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Pages 249-254 | Received 08 Aug 2006, Accepted 10 Oct 2006, Published online: 02 May 2007

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