Preface: An overview of the Atchafalaya river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Ford, M ^a   Nyman, J A ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79959796404     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0469-3     Document Type: Editorial

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