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Heavy metals in clams from a subtropical coastal lagoon associated with an agricultural drainage basin

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  1. Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, Mazatlan Marine Station, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mazatlan 82000, P.O. Box 811, Sinaloa, Mexico

    F. Paez-Osuna

  2. School of Marine Sciences, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mazatlan 82000, P.O. Box 610, Sinaloa, Mexico

    J. I. Osuna-Lopez

  3. General Coordination of Postgraduate Investigation, Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico

    G. Izaguirre-Fierro & H. M. Zazueta-Padilla

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Paez-Osuna, F., Osuna-Lopez, J.I., Izaguirre-Fierro, G. et al. Heavy metals in clams from a subtropical coastal lagoon associated with an agricultural drainage basin. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 915–921 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209958

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