Toxicity of endosulfan to aquatic stages of anuran amphibians
β Scribed by Michael Berrill; Donna Coulson; Lise McGillivray; Bruce Pauli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-7268
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