Multi-decadal changes in salt marshes of cape cod, MA: Photographic analyses of vegetation loss, species shifts, and geomorphic change

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-208

  Smith, Stephen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 77649300214     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0203     Document Type: Article

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