Characterization of the metal leakage from Finnish agricultural acid sulphate soils in the light of the European Water Framework Directive

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-281

  Sundstrom, Robert ^a   Åström, Mats ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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