Abstract:
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journal_name
Environ Monit Assessjournal_title
Environmental monitoring and assessmentauthors
Elmes MC,Wiklund JA,Van Opstal SR,Wolfe BB,Hall RIdoi
10.1007/s10661-016-5277-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-05-01 00:00:00pages
282issue
5eissn
0167-6369issn
1573-2959pii
10.1007/s10661-016-5277-4journal_volume
188pub_type
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