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Measuring Habitat Changes in Barrier Island Marshes: An Example from Southeastern North Carolina, USA

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  1. Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA

    Joanne N. Halls

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Halls, J.N. (2009). Measuring Habitat Changes in Barrier Island Marshes: An Example from Southeastern North Carolina, USA. In: Yang, X. (eds) Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4_17

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