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Microprobe analysis of trace metals in seal teeth from Svalbard, Greenland, and South Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Elizabeth Cruwys
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ
Ken Robinson
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET
Norman R. Davis
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER

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