The 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: What would Mother Nature do?

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1607-1610

  Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957771121     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.08.009     Document Type: Editorial

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