Biomagnification and bioaccumulation of mercury in an arctic marine food web: insights from stable nitrogen isotope analysis

Several recent studies have shown that the use of delta 15N analysis to characterize trophic relationships can be useful for tracing biocontaminants in food webs. In this study, concentration of to...

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