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The Conservation Effects Assessment Project benchmark watersheds: Synthesis of preliminary findings

C.W. Richardson, D.A. Bucks and E.J. Sadler
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2008, 63 (6) 590-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.63.6.590
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