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<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Third</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Invasive SpartinaChapter 2: Spartina Distribution and SpreadACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis research has been supported in part by a grantfrom <strong>the</strong> US Environmental Protection Agency’s Scienceto Achieve Results (STAR) Estuarine and Great Lakes(EaGLe) program through funding to <strong>the</strong> ACE-INC, US EPAAgreement R82-867701, but does not necessarily reflect <strong>the</strong>views <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Agency and no <strong>of</strong>ficial endorsement should beinferred. This research was also supported in part by <strong>the</strong>NSF LTREB and LTER programs. I thank <strong>the</strong> anonymousreviewers whose thoughtful criticisms were quite helpful.REFERENCESAyres D.R., D.L. Smith, K. Zaremba, S. Klohr, and D.R. Strong.2004. 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