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Original Articles

Contrasting Relationships Between Nutrients, Chlorophyll a and Secchi Transparency in Two Shallow Subtropical Lakes: Lakes Okeechobee and Apopka (Florida, USA)

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Pages 298-309 | Published online: 29 Jan 2009

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