Water quality in the New England Coastal Basins, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, 1999-2001

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1226, 2004, Pages 1-30

  Robinson, Keith W ^a   Flanagan, Sarah M ^a   Ayotte, Joseph D ^a   Campo, Kimberly W ^a   Chalmers, Ann ^a   Coles, James F ^a   Cuffney, Thomas F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644298556     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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