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Population and community effects of sediment contamination from residential urban runoff on benthic macroinvertebrate biomass and abundance

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  1. A. F. Casper

    Present address: Large River Program, Dept. of Biology, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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Casper, A.F. Population and community effects of sediment contamination from residential urban runoff on benthic macroinvertebrate biomass and abundance. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 796–799 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196206

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