A neuro-fuzzy modeling tool to estimate fluvial nutrient loads in watersheds under time-varying human impact

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 342-355

  Marcé, Rafael ^a   Comerma, Marta ^a   García, Juan Carlos ^b   Armengol, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Aigües Ter Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

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EID: 23044512802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2004.2.342     Document Type: Article

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