Progress on nonpoint pollution: Barriers & opportunities

Daedalus

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 35-47

  Rissman, Adena R ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84936950838     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00340     Document Type: Article

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