Recovering salt marsh ecosystem services through tidal restoration

Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 233-251

  Chmura, Gail L ^a   Burdick, David M ^b   Moore, Gregg E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-229-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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