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Heavy metals and selenium variation in a migratory bird wintering in a mercury-polluted lagoon

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  1. Dipartimento Biologia Ambientale, Università di Siena, Via delle Cerchia 3, 53100, Siena, Italy

    C. Leonzio, C. Fossi & S. Focardi

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Leonzio, C., Fossi, C. & Focardi, S. Heavy metals and selenium variation in a migratory bird wintering in a mercury-polluted lagoon. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37, 219–225 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01607753

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