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Reassessment of the performance of mineral-based sediment capping materials to bind phosphorus: a comment on Akhurst et al. (2004)

G. B. Douglas A D , M. S. Robb B and P. W. Ford C
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A CSIRO Land and Water, Centre for Environment and Life Sciences, PO Box No. 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia.

B Aquatic Sciences Branch, Department of Water, Level 4, Septimus Roe Square, 256 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, WA 6004, Australia.

C CSIRO Land and Water, Black Mountain Laboratories, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: Grant.Douglas@csiro.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 59(9) 836-837 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF07183
Submitted: 12 October 2007  Accepted: 27 July 2008   Published: 7 October 2008


Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank two anonymous reviewers for their comments on this manuscript.


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