Copper to Daphnia magna toxicity

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If the carbonato complexes are accepted as being non-toxic, a set of experiments are needed in which the toxicity of copper to Daphnia magna is measured at equal intervals over the pH range 6.0-8.0. The speciation curves shown in Figure 1 would predict that this set of experiments plus inclusion of all copper complexes involved in the speciation calculations should allo separation of the species of concern into four groups, (Cu ),... 

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