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Comment on: “Metabolic fate of aromatic amines in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis” by B. Kurelec et al. (Mar. Biol. 91, 523–527, 1986)

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Livingstone, D.R. Comment on: “Metabolic fate of aromatic amines in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis” by B. Kurelec et al. (Mar. Biol. 91, 523–527, 1986). Mar. Biol. 94, 319–320 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392946

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