Use of museum specimens in toxic chemical research / by Anne Meachem Rick.: CW69-1/21E-PDF

"Biological samples provide valuable data on contamination of the environment by toxic chemicals, and much knowledge of current environmental toxic chemical distribution has been derived from chemical analyses of plants and animals. Museum specimens, collected at various times in the past, can provide historical information concerning environmental toxic chemical incidence, thus adding another dimension to environmental contamination studies.The nature of biological specimens in various types of museum collections is described"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service.
Title Use of museum specimens in toxic chemical research / by Anne Meachem Rick.
Series title Occasional paper ; no. 21
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, c1975.
Author / Contributor Rick, Anne Meachem.
Description 21 p.
Catalogue number
  • CW69-1/21E-PDF
Subject terms Chemicals
Toxicology
Museum collections
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