Review on the acute Daphnia magna toxicity test – Evaluation of the sensitivity and the precision of assays performed with organisms from laboratory cultures or hatched from dormant eggs | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Issue		Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst. Number 393, 2009


Article Number		01
Number of page(s)		29
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2009012
Published online		20 August 2009

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