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Original Articles

Physiological biomarkers in a resident and a non-resident estuarine teleosts species: a comparison between fish from an industrially impacted site and a non-impacted site

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Pages 117-134 | Received 28 Aug 2014, Accepted 03 Feb 2015, Published online: 06 Mar 2015

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