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Articles; Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology

Long-term assessment of the self-purification potential of a technologically managed ecosystem: the Middle Iskar cascade

Stilyana LinchevaDepartment of General and Applied Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, BulgariaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yovana TodorovaDepartment of General and Applied Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, BulgariaView further author information
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Yana TopalovaDepartment of General and Applied Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, BulgariaView further author information
Pages 455-462 | Received 17 Dec 2013, Accepted 15 Jan 2014, Published online: 26 Aug 2014

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