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Postcapture Depuration of Essential Metals in the Deep Sea Hydrothermal Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

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Acknowledgments

The research was undertaken under the scope of the project FISIOVENT funded by Portugues Fundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (POCTI/MAR/55547/2004). A postdoctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/19625/2004) was awarded by FCT to Enikõ Kádár. The remotely operated vehicle team and the Atalante crew is acknowledge for their contribution in sampling and the technical team for running LabHorta. Valentina Costa is acknowledged for technical support during dissection of specimens.

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Kádár, E. Postcapture Depuration of Essential Metals in the Deep Sea Hydrothermal Mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus . Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 78, 45–52 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-007-9001-5

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