Development and use of assessment techniques for coastal sediments

Estuarine Indicators

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 63-78

  Long, Edward R ^a   Sloane, Gail M ^b  

^a ERL Environmental   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420038187     Document Type: Chapter

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