Economic valuation of coastal lagoon environmental restoration: Mar Menor (SE Spain)
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Input of pharmaceuticals through coastal surface watercourses into a Mediterranean lagoon (Mar Menor, SE Spain): sources and seasonal variations.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ciencias Marinas
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0185-3880,2395-9053
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v37i2.1889