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Copper induced metabolic changes in Sunetta scripta (Bivalvia): Oxygen uptake and lactic acid production

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Katticaran, C.M., Salih, K.Y.M. Copper induced metabolic changes in Sunetta scripta (Bivalvia): Oxygen uptake and lactic acid production. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 592–598 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199079

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