Response signatures of four biological indicators to an iron and steel industrial landfill

Biological Response Signatures: Indicator Patterns Using Aquatic Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 419-444

  Stewart, Paul M ^a   Butcher, Jason T ^b   Simon, Thomas P ^c  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420041453     Document Type: Chapter

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