A tiered framework for assessing groundwater ecosystem health

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Hydrobiologia

• Publication date

  2011-02-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0541-z
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