Natural and land-use induced load of acidity, metals, humus and suspended matter in Lestijoki, a river in western Finland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-43

  Edén, Peter ^a   Weppling, Kjell ^b   Jokela, Sinikka ^c  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab   (Finland)

^c Ctrl Ostrobothnia Reg Environ C   (Finland)

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