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Copper in the sediment and sea surface microlayer near a fallowed, open-net fish farm

Ronald H Loucks1, Ruth E Smith, Clyde V Fisher

  • 1R.H. Loucks Oceanology Ltd., 24 Clayton Park Drive, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 1L3. ron.loucks@ns.sympatico.ca

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