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DURING April and May of this year, there has been a heavy mortality of Portuguese oysters, Crassostrea angulata Lmk., which were imported into Britain from the River Tagus (Portugal) in March. Losses in some cases exceeded 90 per cent.
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ALDERMAN, D., GRAS, P. “Gill Disease” of Portuguese Oysters. Nature 224, 616–617 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224616a0
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