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Salomons, W. et al. (2005). The Catchment to Coast Continuum. In: Crossland, C.J., Kremer, H.H., Lindeboom, H.J., Marshall Crossland, J.I., Le Tissier, M.D.A. (eds) Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27851-6_4

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