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Acute toxicity of temephos, fenoxycarb, diflubenzuron, and methoprene andBacillus thuringiensis var.israelensis to the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

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    Present address: Donner Laboratory, Rm 322, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA

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  1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 29208, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Lee, B.M., Scott, G.I. Acute toxicity of temephos, fenoxycarb, diflubenzuron, and methoprene andBacillus thuringiensis var.israelensis to the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 827–832 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702051

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