Salmon carcass deployment: A potential pathway for PCB contamination

Fisheries

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-19

  Missildine, Brian ^a,b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 12844251478     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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