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Preface—From ecology to economics: Tracing human influence in the Patuxent River estuary and its watershed

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  1. Estuarine Research Center, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 10545 Mackall Road, 20678, St. Leonard, Maryland

    Denise L. Breitburg

  2. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, P. O. Box 28, 21037, Edgewater, Maryland

    Thomas E. Jordan

  3. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, Maryland

    Douglas Lipton

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Breitburg, D.L., Jordan, T.E. & Lipton, D. Preface—From ecology to economics: Tracing human influence in the Patuxent River estuary and its watershed. Estuaries 26, 167–170 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695959

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