Darwin harbour: Water quality and ecosystem structure on a tropical harbour in the early stages of urban development

The Environment in Asia Pacific Harbours

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 433-459

  McKinnon, A D ^a   Smit, N ^b   Townsend, Simon ^b   Duggan, Samantha ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Planning and the Environment ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 46249086986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3655-8_25     Document Type: Chapter

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