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Original Russian Text © A.M. Trukhin, L.F. Kolosova, E.N. Slin’ko, 2015, published in Ekologiya, 2015, No. 6, pp. 466–469.
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Trukhin, A.M., Kolosova, L.F. & Slin’ko, E.N. Heavy metals in the organs of Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) from the Chukchi Peninsula. Russ J Ecol 46, 585–588 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413615060211
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