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Surface soil quality in five midwestern cropland Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds

D.L. Karlen, D.E. Stott, C.A. Cambardella, R.J. Kremer, K.W. King and G.W. McCarty
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 2014, 69 (5) 393-401; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.5.393
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