Water quality in the Great and Little Miami River Basins, Ohio and Indiana, 1999-2001

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1229, 2004, Pages

  Rowe Jr , Gary L ^a   Reutter, David C ^a   Runkle, Donna L ^a   Hambrook, Julie A ^a   Janosy, Stephanie D ^a   Hwang, Lee H ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

WATER QUALITY;

INDIANA; MIAMI COUNTY [INDIANA]; MIAMI COUNTY [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644230054     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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