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A major aim of the Port Hacking Estuary Project was to produce an ecosystem model of a small marine embayment (South West Arm) in the Estuary. This paper describes the modelling efforts of the Project and puts them in perspective.
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Sinclair, R.E., Cuff, W.R., Parker, R.R. (1983). Ecosystem Modelling of South West Arm, Port Hacking. In: Cuff, W., Tomczak, M. (eds) Synthesis and Modelling of Intermittent Estuaries. Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49991-3_15
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