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Wetland Restoration in Typha-Dominated Braddock Bay of Lake Ontario

Alexander O. Silva, Douglas A. Wilcox and Eli L. Polzer
Ecological Restoration, December 2021, 39 (4) 247-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.39.4.247
Alexander O. Silva
Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, SUNY Brockport. Present address: De Veaux Woods State Park, Niagara Falls, NY.
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Douglas A. Wilcox
Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420
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Eli L. Polzer
Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, SUNY Brockport. Present address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS.
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