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Environmental Chemistry/Technology

Toxicity of three forms of copper to the Chironomus tentans in both the aquatic and sediment media

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Pages 297-304 | Received 15 Apr 2008, Accepted 17 May 2008, Published online: 18 Mar 2009

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