Organochlorinated pesticide contaminants in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1998, Pages 111-124

  Spongberg, Alison L ^a   Davis, Penny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Hull and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Golfo Dulce; Organochlorinated pesticides; Tropical estuary

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944271213     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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