Nutrients in Estuaries

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 29, Issue C, 1999, Pages 43-92

  Nedwell, D B ^a   Jickells, T D ^a   Trimmer, M ^a   Sanders, R ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2504(08)60191-9     Document Type: Chapter

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