Dollars and Sense: Economic Benefits and Impacts from two Oyster Reef Restoration Projects in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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Table 8: Mobile Bay system characteristics and mean estimates of N removal by oyster reefs, from zu Ermgassen et al. Figure 2-6: Reduction in incident wave height by Barton Island oyster reef, for high-impact wave (top left panel) and median wave (top right panel).
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