Impacts of seawater desalination plants on the marine environment of the Gulf

Protecting the Gulf's Marine Ecosystems from Pollution

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 191-205

  Lattemann, Sabine ^a   Höpner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84879887155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7947-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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