Projected Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on U . S . Gulf Coast
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SSSAJ: Volume 75: Number 5 • September–October 2011 Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:1602–1612 Posted online 4 Aug. 2011 doi:10.2136/sssaj2011.0168 Received 5 May 2011. *Corresponding author ([email protected]). © Soil Science Society of America, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission for printing and for reprinting the material contained herein has been obtained by the publisher. Projected Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on U.S. Gulf Coast Wetlands Review & AnalysisWetland Soils
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