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Poplar Island: Understanding the Development of a Beneficial Use Restoration Site

Diann J. Prosser, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Jennifer L. Wall, Evan J. Buck, John J. Taylor, Carl R. Callahan and Peter C. McGowan
Ecological Restoration, March 2022, 40 (1) 17-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.40.1.17
Diann J. Prosser
U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, 12100 Beech Forest Road, Laurel, Maryland, 20708, USA
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Jeffery D. Sullivan
U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Laurel, MD
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Jennifer L. Wall
Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Annapolis, MD
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Evan J. Buck
Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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John J. Taylor
Chesapeake Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Annapolis, MD
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Carl R. Callahan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, MD
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Peter C. McGowan
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis, MD
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Ecological Restoration Mar 2022, 40 (1) 17-24; DOI: 10.3368/er.40.1.17
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