7 The variability and potential for prediction of harmful algal blooms in the southern Benguela ecosystem

Large Marine Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue C, 2006, Pages 125-146

  Pitcher, Grant C ^a   Weeks, Scarla J ^a  

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EID: 33845399574     PISSN: 15700461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-0461(06)80012-1     Document Type: Article

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