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Preliminary investigation of the heavy metal content of Capitella capitata (polychaete, annelid) from Largo Bay, Firth of Forth and Garroch Head sludge dump site, Firth of Clyde

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

G. K. Clark
Affiliation:
DAFS Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 101, Victoria Road, Aberdeen AB9 8DB, Scotland, U.K.

Abstract

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Abstracts of poster exhibits
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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