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Original Articles

Aspects of respiratory function in the blood of the intertidal lugworm Abarenicola affinis (Polychaeta)

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Pages 171-175 | Received 10 Jun 1983, Accepted 20 Oct 1983, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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