The tail of two Rivers in Tasmania: The Derwent and Huon estuaries

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 5, Issue PART H, 2006, Pages 1-49

  Butler, Edward C V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Metals; Nutrients; Organic matter; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155198180     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698-5-022     Document Type: Article

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