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Understanding declining productivity in the offshore regions of the Great Lakes (International Joint Commission Science Advisory Board Report)

Michael D. Rennie

Hecky, R. DePinto, J., Kirkwood, A., Bunnell, D., Knight, R., Rutherford, E., Warren, G., Dove, A., Bootsma, H., Vanderploeg, H., Bence, J., Howell, T., Koops, M., Johnson, T., Reavie, E., Barbiero, R. and Rennie, M. 2020. link to report

 

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