Monitoring tidal hydrology in coastal wetlands with the  “Mini Buoy”: applications for mangrove restoration

Balke, Thorsten; Vovides, Alejandra; Schwarz, Christian; Chmura, Gail L.; Ladd, Cai; Basyuni, Mohammad

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1229-2021

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Monitoring tidal hydrology in coastal wetlands with the “Mini Buoy”: applications for mangrove restoration

Thorsten Balke, Alejandra Vovides, Christian Schwarz, Gail L. Chmura, Cai Ladd, and Mohammad Basyuni

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