Environmental indicators as performance measures for improving estuarine environmental quality

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 451-466

  Jawed Hameedi, M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85055374196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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