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

Lower Columbia River and Estuary Habitat Restoration Prioritization Framework

Ronald M. Thom, Evan Haas, Nathan R. Evans and Gregory D. Williams
Ecological Restoration, March 2011, 29 (1-2) 94-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.1-2.94
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