Methylmercury in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea): From Microbial Sources to Seafood Consumers
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Jadran Faganeli1*, Mark E. Hines2, Milena Horvat3, Ingrid Falnoga3 and Stefano Covelli4 Marine Biological Station, National Institute of Biology, Forna~e 41, SI-6330 Piran, Slovenia Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, 1 University Ave, MA 01854 Lowell, USA Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, University of Trieste, Via A. Weiss 2, IT-34128 Trieste, Italy
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