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Review of best management practice reduction efficiencies in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

R. Kröger, M. Perez, S. Walker and A. Sharpley
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2012, 67 (6) 556-563; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.67.6.556
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