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Mercury Concentrations in a White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) from the Vicinity of Warsaw, Poland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Jürgen Dittmann ,
Monika Altmeyer ,
Krzysztof Dmowski ,
Joachim Krüger ,
Paul Müller  and
Gerhard Wagner
Jürgen Dittmann
Affiliation:
Fachrichtung Biogeographie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, West Germany
Monika Altmeyer
Affiliation:
Fachrichtung Biogeographie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, West Germany
Krzysztof Dmowski
Affiliation:
Zaklad Zoologii i Ekologii, Uniwersytet, PL-00-827 Warszawa, Poland
Joachim Krüger
Affiliation:
Institut für Biogeographie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, West Germany.
Paul Müller
Affiliation:
Institut für Biogeographie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, West Germany.
Gerhard Wagner
Affiliation:
Institut für Biogeographie, Universität des Saarlandes, D-6600 Saarbrücken, West Germany.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , Spring 1990 , pp. 75 - 77
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1990

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