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Spatial Modeling of Eelgrass Distribution in Great Bay, New Hampshire

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Behm, P., Boumans, R.M.J., Short, F.T. (2004). Spatial Modeling of Eelgrass Distribution in Great Bay, New Hampshire. In: Costanza, R., Voinov, A. (eds) Landscape Simulation Modeling. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21555-7_7

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