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Organochlorine compounds and trace elements in streambed sediment and fish tissue, South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

"This fact sheet is a summary of two reports describing the results of bed-sediment and fish-tissue sampling by the South Platte River Basin NAWQA Study Unit"--Summary.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heiny, Janet S.
Corporate Authors:	Geological Survey (U.S.), National Water-Quality Assessment Program (U.S.)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Reston, Va.] : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [1997]
Series:	Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; FS-97-040.
Subjects:	Organochlorine compounds > Environmental aspects > South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.) Trace elements > Environmental aspects > South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.)

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