Techniques for restoration of disturbed coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 835-857

  Wilcox, Douglas A ^a   Whillans, Thomas H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biology; Chemistry; Great Lakes; Hydrology; Sedimentology; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033498570     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161787     Document Type: Conference Paper

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