Impacts of industrial animal production on rivers and estuaries

American Scientist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-37

  Mallin, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034030803     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2000.1.26     Document Type: Article

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