Heavy Metals Baseline Concentrations in Soft Tissues of Patella Sp. From the Stratoni Coastal Environment, Ne Greece / Bazowy Poziom Zanieczyszczeń Metalami Ciężkimi W Tkankach Miękkich Patella Sp. Występujących W Przybrzeżnych Obszarach Stratoni, Grecja

Efstratios Kelepertzis

doi:10.2478/eces-2013-0011

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Heavy Metals Baseline Concentrations in Soft Tissues of Patella Sp. From the Stratoni Coastal Environment, Ne Greece / Bazowy Poziom Zanieczyszczeń Metalami Ciężkimi W Tkankach Miękkich Patella Sp. Występujących W Przybrzeżnych Obszarach Stratoni, Grecja

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

Volume 20 (2013): Issue 1 (March 2013)

By: Efstratios Kelepertzis

Open Access

|Feb 2013

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