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Original Articles

Responses of the earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to sublethal aluminium levels in an artificial soil substrate

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Pages 611-621 | Received 13 Jul 2013, Accepted 23 Dec 2013, Published online: 14 Apr 2014

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