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Performance of a new ecotoxicological index to assess environmental impacts on freshwater communities

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  1. Toxicology Group, Department of Animal Health, CIT-INIA, Embajadores 68, 28012, Madrid, Spain

    Julio A. Camargo

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Camargo, J.A. Performance of a new ecotoxicological index to assess environmental impacts on freshwater communities. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44, 529–534 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700871

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