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Published: Mar 01, 2022
Vol/Issue: 297
Pages: 118841
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Rocío Mariano-Jelicich

Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn Cornwall UK

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Richard A. Phillips

Natural Environment Research Council

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William F. Mills, Andrés E. Ibañez, Paco Bustamante, et al. (2022). Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean. Environmental Pollution, 297, 118841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118841

Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean

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