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Research ArticleSpecial Theme: Protection and Restoration—Are We Having an Effect?

A Multiscale Approach to Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, Florida

Holly S. Greening, Lindsay M. Cross and Edward T. Sherwood
Ecological Restoration, March 2011, 29 (1-2) 82-93; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.1-2.82
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