Background
Nixon, Scott West was born on August 24, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Scott West and Elizabeth (Wright) West Nixon.
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Excerpt from The Ecology of New England High Salt Marshes: A Community Profile Salt marshes of the New England Type comprise less than 2% of the marsh area along the Atlantic coast of the United States (reimold and the high marsh nay amount to only 25% to 50% of that The ratio of people to wetland, however, is the highest in the country (gosselink and Baumann and there is a long tradition in New England of using and valuing the marshes. I hope this profile will contribute to that tradition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Nixon, Scott West was born on August 24, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Scott West and Elizabeth (Wright) West Nixon.
Bachelor, U. Delaware, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1970.
Professor oceanography, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1970; director sea grant college program, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, since 1983. Owner Coastal Ecology, Wakefield, Rhode Island, since 1980.
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Member American Society Limnology and Oceanography (governing board 1984-1987), Estuarine Research Federation, National Association State Universities Land-Grant Colls.
Married Pendleton Hall, (divorced). Children: Carter Hall, Elizabeth Pendleton. Married VirginiaLee.