Mercury contamination and its effects in the Everglades ecosystem

Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 213-255

  Frederick, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; MERCURIALISM; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033303005     PISSN: 13826980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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