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Toxic elements and organochlorines in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA

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  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, 20708, Laurel, Maryland, USA

    A. Keith Miles

  2. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Road, 99518, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

    Donald G. Calkins

  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 75 Spring St. S.W., 30303, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Nancy C. Coon

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Miles, A.K., Calkins, D.G. & Coon, N.C. Toxic elements and organochlorines in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48, 727–732 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195994

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