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Acioa edulis, the castanhadecutia, a fruit and timber tree species. Bioaccumulation of tributyltin in mussels mytilos edulis has been shown to be higher through water than uptake through food. In order to address and potentially to reverse this situation ostrea edulis was designated as a named species in the uk biodiversity action plan as part of a national commitment to the international convention on biodiversity. In the present study, we first used a dnabased tool in order to rapidly and specifically detect the.
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