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William J. Mitsch
Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Ohio State University, Columbus. Author of Remote Sensing of Water Quality: A State of the Art Report.
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Boundary ecosystem, complex of living organisms in areas where one body of water meets another, where one terrestrial ecosystem meets another, or where a body of water meets the land. See ecotone.