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Toxicity of Aquatic Herbicides to Daphnia magna

Donald G. Crosby, Richard K. Tucker

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Accurate determination of the acute toxicities of a series of 16 aquatic herbicides to Daphnia magna reveals that several of them may present a hazard to food-chain microfauna whether the compounds are environmentally destroyed or not.

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Accurate determination of the acute toxicities of a series of 16 aquatic herbicides to Daphnia magna reveals that several of them may present a hazard to food-chain microfauna whether the compounds are environmentally destroyed or not.

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Accurate determination of the acute toxicities of a series of 16 aquatic herbicides to Daphnia magna reveals that several of them may present a hazard to food-chain microfauna whether the compounds are environmentally destroyed or not.

Key concepts: Daphnia magna, Microfauna, Daphnia, Food chain, Biology, Cladocera, Acute toxicity, Toxicology

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