Implications of estuarine transport for water quality

Contemporary Issues in Estuarine Physics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 273-307

  Lucas, L V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676567.011     Document Type: Chapter

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