The Hitchhiker's guide to the Water Framework Directive

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-116

  Hatton Ellis, Tristan ^a  

^a Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41149172308     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.947     Document Type: Editorial

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