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PROF. ORTON has recently recorded1 some details of the damage caused by the severe winter just past on the oyster beds of the Rivers Blackwater and Roach. As the result of an inspection of these and other beds during the period April 9–19, I am able to supplement the information given by him.
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COLE, H. Effect of the Severe Winter of 1939–40 on British Oyster Beds. Nature 145, 976 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145976b0
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