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Life table evaluation of the effects of cadmium exposure on the freshwater cladoceran,Moina macrocopa

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  1. Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

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Wong, C.K., Wong, P.K. Life table evaluation of the effects of cadmium exposure on the freshwater cladoceran,Moina macrocopa . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 135–141 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702373

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