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Organochlorine residues in three heron species as related to diet and age

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  1. School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, MO

    K. R. Niethammer

  2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Missouri, 65211, Columbia, MO

    T. S. Baskett

  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, 30602, Athens, GA

    D. H. White

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Niethammer, K.R., Baskett, T.S. & White, D.H. Organochlorine residues in three heron species as related to diet and age. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 33, 491–498 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625574

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