Ecotoxicology of mercury in fish and wildlife recent advances

Mercury in the Environment: Pattern and Process

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-238

  Scheuhammer, Anton M ^a   Basu, Niladri ^b   Evers, David C ^c   Heinz, Gary H ^d   Sandheinrich, Mark B ^e   Bank, Michael S ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d United States Geological Survey   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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