Water quality in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1999-2001

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1228, 2004, Pages

  Denver, Judith M ^a   Ator, Scott W ^a   Debrewer, Linda M ^a   Ferrari, Matthew J ^a   Barbaro, Jeffrey R ^a   Hancock, Tracy C ^a   Brayton, Michael J ^a   Nardi, Mark R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPORAL RECORD; WATER QUALITY;

DELAWARE; DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10844228263     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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