Stratification, mixing and transport processes in Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu: Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 13-29

  Schmid, Martin ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84942552392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4243-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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