Heavy metal and selenium levels in feathers of Franklin's Gulls in interior North America

Auk

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-407

  Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001469910     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4088906     Document Type: Article

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