Numerical methods for the analysis of diatom assemblage data

The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 23-54

  Birks, H John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511763175.004     Document Type: Chapter

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