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Dissolved concentrations of copper(II) as low as 10-6 M are toxic to phytoplankton. However, phytoplankton survive in a solution that is 10-3 M in copper(II) nitrate and 10-3 M ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Why?
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