Using stable isotopes to trace sewage-derived material through Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Marine Environmental Research

• Publication date

  1999-10-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00069-0
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