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Gosselink, J.G. Comments on “Wetland loss in the Nothern Gulf of Mexico: Multiple working hypotheses.” by R. E. Turner. 1997.Estuaries 20:1–13. Estuaries 24, 636–651 (2001). https://doi.org/10.2307/1353263

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