Landcover and water quality in river catchments of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 19-35

  Johnson, Andrew K L ^a,b   Bramley, Robert G V ^a,b   Roth, Christian H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0005200354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041675     Document Type: Chapter

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