Are pulp and paper mills sources of toxaphene to Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan?

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 383-394

  Shanks, Kathryn E ^a   McDonald, Jeffrey G ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Michigan; Lake Superior; Paper mills; Sediment; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 0032794552     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70747-1     Document Type: Article

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