Nutrient concentrations and their relations to the biotic integrity of nonwadeable rivers in Wisconsin

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1754, 2008, Pages 1-81

  Robertson, Dale M ^a   Weigel, Brian M ^b   Graczyk, David J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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