Using EUNIS habitat classification for benthic mapping in European seas: present concerns and future needs.

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  2012

• Venue

  Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.10.010PMID 23117202
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