Reducing nitrogen loading to the gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin: Strategies to counter a persistent ecological problem

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 373-388

  Mitsch, W J ^a   Day, J W ^a   Gilliam, J W ^a   Groffman, P M ^a   Hey, D L ^a   Randall, G W ^a   Wang, N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034968757     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0373:RNLTTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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