Feather mercury concentrations in Southern Ocean seabirds: Variation by species, site and time.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Environmental Pollution

• Publication date

  2016-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.05.061PMID 27267741
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