Monitoring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution in the Marine Environment after the Prestige Oil Spill by Means of Seabird Blood Analysis
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C R I S T Ó B A L P É R E Z , † A L B E R T O V E L A N D O , * , † I G N A C I O M U N I L L A , † M A R T A L Ó P E Z A L O N S O , ‡ A N D D A N I E L O R O § Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain, Departamento de Patoloxía Animal, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain, and IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marqués 21, 07190 Esporles, Majorca, Spain
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