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In the natural environment, organisms are exposed simultaneously to more than one stress and, therefore, they react to the entire environmental situation and not to individual stresses. As a consequence, it is difficult in the natural environment to establish relationships between the intensity of a single stress and its biological effects. The problem becomes more complex if the environment is polluted. For this reason, information on the effects of single pollutants on natural populations is very scarce.
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Barghigiani, C., Ferrara, R., Ravera, O., Seritti, A. (1983). Biological Effects under Laboratory Conditions. In: Leppard, G.G. (eds) Trace Element Speciation in Surface Waters and Its Ecological Implications. NATO Conference Series, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8234-8_8
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