Mystery spill of Polyisobutylene (C4H8)n off the Dutch coast affecting seabirds in March 2010
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* Correspondence author. Email: kees.camphuysen@wxs.nl
1 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
2 Plein 1945 nr. 9, 1755 NH Petten, The Netherlands
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