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Effects of dietary copper and zinc concentrations on feeding rates of two species of talitrid amphipods (Crustacea)

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Weeks, J.M. Effects of dietary copper and zinc concentrations on feeding rates of two species of talitrid amphipods (Crustacea). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 883–890 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209954

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