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Defining and using ‘best available science’: a policy conundrum for the management of aquatic ecosystems

Darren S. Ryder A D , Moya Tomlinson A , Ben Gawne B and Gene E. Likens C
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A School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia.

B Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Latrobe University, PO Box 991, Wodonga, Vic. 3691, Australia.

C Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545-0129, USA.

D Corresponding author. Email: darren.ryder@une.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 61(7) 821-828 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF10113
Submitted: 25 May 2010  Accepted: 24 June 2010   Published: 23 July 2010



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