Mercury bioaccumulation in cartilaginous fishes from Southern New England coastal waters: contamination from a trophic ecology and human health perspective.

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Published in Mar Environ Res on May 29, 2014

Authors

David L Taylor1, Nicholas J Kutil2, Anna J Malek3, Jeremy S Collie3

Author Affiliations

1: Roger Williams University, Department of Marine Biology, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809, USA. Electronic address: dtaylor@rwu.edu.
2: Roger Williams University, Department of Marine Biology, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809, USA.
3: University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA.

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