Effects of the disposal of reverse osmosis seawater desalination discharges on a seagrass meadow (Thalassia testudinum) offshore of Antigua, West Indies

Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 99-114

  Tomasko, David A ^a   Blake, Norman J ^b   Dye, Craig W ^a   Hammond, Mark A ^a  

^a Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 85056046167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420074475     Document Type: Chapter

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