On the importance of very long-term water quality records

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-48

  Burt, T P ^a   Howden, N J K ^b   Worrall, F ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911996521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1001     Document Type: Review

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