A critique of ecosystem health concepts and indexes

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

• Publication date

  1993-09-01

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ETC.5620120903
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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