Ecology of phragmites Australis and responses to tidal restoration

Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 81-96

  Chambers, Randolph M ^a   Meyerson, Laura A ^b   Dibble, Kimberly L ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-229-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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