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Lake Pontchartrain Atlas:
Preface
Table of Contents
Introduction
Environmental Overview
Environmental Status & Trends
Restoration
Physical Environments
Basin Geology
Biological Resources
Environmental Issues
Bibliography You are at the Bibliography section of the Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain
Resources
Contributors
Acronyms
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Jack Kindinger

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