Pollutants in auks from the 1983 North Sea bird wreck
Open Access
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 31 (2) , 99-102
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658409476825
Abstract
Wrecked auks were examined for residues of organochlorine insecticides, PCBs and toxic metals. None of these substances was detected in quantities large enough to have caused death.Keywords
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