Bioconcentration, Bioaccumulation, and Biomagnification in Puget Sound Biota: Assessing the Ecological Risk of Chemical Contaminants in Puget Sound
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The following piece is republished from the UWT Journal on the Environment, an electronic, peer-reviewed journal designed to provide students with a forum in which to publish and read primary and secondary research, reports on conferences and events, and ideas and opinions in the environmental sciences and studies. Tahoma West encourages submissions that deal with scientific and social matters. Note: For the tables referred to in this article please see Journal of the Environment: < http://courses. washington. edu/uwtjoe/>.
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