Primary production in tropical streams and rivers

Tropical Stream Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-42

  Davies, Peter M ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^b   Hamilton, Stephen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088449-0.50004-2     Document Type: Chapter

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