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CLEAN COASTAL WATERS: UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT POLLUTION by the National Research Council; National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2000; 428 pp., $54.95 cloth (ISBN 0-309-06948-3)

This National Research Council publication reports on a study by its Committee on Causes and Management of Coastal Eutrophication. Eutrophication is a natural process in which a body of water is enriched with organic material or nutrients, thereby reducing the dissol...