Comparative hydrology, water quality, and ecology of selected natural and augmented freshwater wetlands in west-central Florida

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1758, 2009, Pages

  Lee, T M ^a   Haag, K H ^a   Metz, P A ^a   Sacks, L A ^a  

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