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Gaston, G.R., Young, J.C. Effects of contaminants of macrobenthic communities in the upper Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 922–928 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203168
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