A technique for establishing reference nutrient concentrations across watersheds affected by humans

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Dodds, Walter K ^a   Oakes, Robert M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 31544479464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2004.2.333     Document Type: Article

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