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Testing the Waters: A Demonstration of a Novel Water Quality Mapping System for Citizen Science Groups

By: Eric D. Compas and  Suzanne Wade  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.124 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 5, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 13, 2018
Published on: Dec 19, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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