Beyond science into policy: Gulf of Mexico hypoxia and the Mississippi River

BioScience

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-142

  Rabalais, Nancy N ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^a   Scavia, Donald ^a  

^a LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

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EID: 0036169103     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0129:BSIPGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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