Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries

Rivers of North America

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 230-281

  Brown, Arthur V ^a   Brown, Kristine B ^a   Jackson, Donald C ^b   Pierson, W Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ross and Associates Environmental Consulting LTD   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088253-3/50009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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