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Ecosystem Services in an Impacted Watershed

The Relevance of Hydrology, Human Influence, and Global Change

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    Marta Terrado, Jordi Honey-Rosés, Vicenç Acuña & Sergi Sabater

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    Sergi Sabater

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Terrado, M., Honey-Rosés, J., Acuña, V., Sabater, S. (2012). Ecosystem Services in an Impacted Watershed. In: Sabater, S., Ginebreda, A., Barceló, D. (eds) The Llobregat. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_150

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