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Economic uses of salt marshes

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Ecological responses to environmental stresses

Part of the book series: Tasks for vegetation science ((TAVS,volume 22))

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Since prehistoric times, man populates the deltas and estuarine areas of rivers. Ancient cultures often developed in areas such as the Nile delta, the deltas of the Indus and Ganges, of the Hoangho and Yangtsekiang, the deltas of the Song Khoi and the Mekong, the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt system, the Chesapeake Bay-area.

Communication nr. 444, Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research.

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Huiskes, A.H.L., Beeftink, W.G. (1991). Economic uses of salt marshes. In: Rozema, J., Verkleij, J.A.C. (eds) Ecological responses to environmental stresses. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0599-3_10

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