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Figure 10. Frequency (per month) and duration (% hr/month) of flooding 

 episodes in the salt marsh and swamp forest habitats of the MDPR. Note 

 that while the frequency of flooding in the swamp forest is low, the 

 duration of each flooding episode is high (from R. H. Baumann, Louis- 

 iana State University, unpublished data). 



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