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Eco/Toxicology

Mercury distribution, speciation and potential ecological risk assessment in sediments from Lake Taihu, China

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Pages 425-439 | Received 21 Jul 2018, Accepted 29 Aug 2018, Published online: 17 Oct 2018

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