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Mercury Distribution in Selected Tissues of Migratory and Resident Avifauna from Altata-Ensenada del Pabellón Lagoon, Southeast Gulf of California

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank B. Mejía-Sarmiento for his help in the identification of specimens, X. Angulo-García and H. Bojórquez for their assistance in the laboratory, C. Ramírez-Jáuregui for the compilation of information, and G. Ramírez-Reséndiz for the computing work.

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  1. Environmental Section, Technological Institute of Mazatlán, Post Office Box 757, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    J. Ruelas-Inzunza & M. Arvizu-Merin

  2. Geochemistry Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology–National Autonomous University of Mexico, Post Office Box 811, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

    F. Páez-Osuna

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Ruelas-Inzunza, J., Páez-Osuna, F. & Arvizu-Merin, M. Mercury Distribution in Selected Tissues of Migratory and Resident Avifauna from Altata-Ensenada del Pabellón Lagoon, Southeast Gulf of California. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 78, 39–43 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-007-9026-9

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