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The Bay of Fundy and Its Wetlands (Canada)

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The Bay of Fundy is a highly productive and biologically diverse ecosystem. Noted for the highest tides in the world, it is biologically connected to the Americas, Europe and the Arctic. Its highly productive salt marshes and tidal flats have been extensively modified by human activity, but still provide critical habitat and organic matter supporting numerous migratory species of fish, birds and marine mammals.

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  1. Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada

    Graham R. Daborn & Anna M. Redden

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  1. Graham R. Daborn
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  1. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. Department of Natural Resources, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

    G. Randy Milton

  3. Nature Management Services, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    R. Crawford Prentice

  4. Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Daborn, G.R., Redden, A.M. (2018). The Bay of Fundy and Its Wetlands (Canada). In: Finlayson, C., Milton, G., Prentice, R., Davidson, N. (eds) The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_2

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