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Sediment quality of the ecoregion Engure, Gulf of Riga, assessed by using ecotoxicity tests and biomarker responses Cover

Sediment quality of the ecoregion Engure, Gulf of Riga, assessed by using ecotoxicity tests and biomarker responses

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
Volume 68 (2014): Issue 1-2 (April 2014)
By: Putna Ieva,  Strode Evita,  Bārda Ieva,  Puriņa Ingrīda,  Rimša Elīna,  Jansons Mintauts,  Balode Maija and  Strāķe Solvita  
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Keywords:
Gulf of Riga,
biomarkers,
ecotoxicity tests,
molluscs,
amphipods
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General interest,
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General mathematics

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