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The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment

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  1. Department of Botany, Martin Ryan Institute and Environmental Change Instit, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    D. Stengel

  2. Biochemical Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    S. O'Reilly

  3. Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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Stengel, D., O'Reilly, S., O'Halloran, J. (2006). Contaminants and pollutants. In: Davenport, J., Davenport, J.L. (eds) The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the Environment. Environmental Pollution, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4504-2_15

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