Comment on “a preliminary evaluation of the behaviour of the biomap water quality index”

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Griffiths, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 33750853384     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj2501093     Document Type: Article

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