Wetlands of the northern gulf coast

Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 75-88

  Battaglia, Loretta L ^a   Woodrey, Mark S ^b   Peterson, Mark S ^c   Dillon, Kevin S ^c   Visser, Jenneke M ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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