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Macro-Restoration of Tidal Wetlands: A Whole Estuary Approach

Michael P. Weinstein and Steven Y. Litvin
Ecological Restoration, March 2016, 34 (1) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.34.1.27
Michael P. Weinstein
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Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Oceanview Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950-3094.
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