Mercury in Nonmarine Birds and Mammals

Environmental Contaminants in Biota: Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 609-626

  Shore, Richard F ^a   Pereira, M Glória ^a   Walker, Lee A ^a   Thompson, David R ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10598-19     Document Type: Chapter

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