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Environmental contaminants in eggs of California least terns (Sterna antillarum browni)

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  1. National Biological Service, California Pacific Science Center, Davis Field Station, c/o Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, 96515, Davis, CA, USA

    R. L. Hothem

  2. San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 524, 94560, Newark, CA, USA

    S. G. Zador

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Hothem, R.L., Zador, S.G. Environmental contaminants in eggs of California least terns (Sterna antillarum browni). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55, 658–665 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203750

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