Heavy Metals, Trace Elements, and Organochlorine Contaminants in Muscle and Liver Tissue of Juvenile White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, from the Southern California Bight

Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-76

  Mull, Christopher G ^a,b   Blasius, Mary E ^b   O’Sullivan, John B ^c   Lowe, Christopher G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

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EID: 84876977673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11532-10     Document Type: Chapter

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