Runoff of terrestrial sediment and nutrients into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 37-51

  Furnas, Miles ^a,b   Mitchell, Alan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85055942749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041675     Document Type: Chapter

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