Lake Kivu: Past and present

Lake Kivu: Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Descy, Jean Pierre ^a   Darchambeau, François ^b   Schmid, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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

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EID: 84966276194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4243-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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