Western mountain wetlands

Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 313-328

  Cooper, David J ^a   Chimner, Rodney A ^b   Merritt, David M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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