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Scroggins, R.P., Borgmann, A.I., Miller, J.A., Moody, M.J. (2005). Strategies for monitoring environmental effects of industrial effluents. In: Blaise, C., Férard, JF. (eds) Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3553-5_5

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