Urban rivers: novel ecosystems, new challenges

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-29

  Francis, Robert A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84966789122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1007     Document Type: Article

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