Paleoecology of Calf Island in Boston's outer harbor

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 31-48

  Patterson III, William A ^a   Richburg, Julie A ^a   Clark, Kennedy H ^a   Shaw, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 24644467736     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)12[31:pociib]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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