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SHORT REPORT

Detection and sub-cellular distribution of the amnesic shellfish toxin, domoic acid, in the digestive gland of Octopus vulgaris during periods of toxin absence

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Pages 784-789 | Received 10 Aug 2011, Accepted 02 Dec 2011, Published online: 31 May 2012

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