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Sublethal effects of copper and mercury on some biochemical constituents of the estuarine clamVillorita cyprinoides var.cochinensis (Hanley)

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  1. Chemical Oceanography Division, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 682 016, Cochin, India

    B. Sathyanathan, S. Muraleedharan Nair, Jacob Chacko & P. N. K. Nambisan

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Sathyanathan, B., Nair, S.M., Chacko, J. et al. Sublethal effects of copper and mercury on some biochemical constituents of the estuarine clamVillorita cyprinoides var.cochinensis (Hanley). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 40, 510–516 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688374

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