North Atlantic coastal tidal wetlands

Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 13-28

  Wigand, Cathleen ^a   Roman, Charles T ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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