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Assessment of the Iowa River's South Fork watershed: Part 1. Water quality

M.D. Tomer, T.B. Moorman and C.G. Rossi
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2008, 63 (6) 360-370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.63.6.360
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