Integrating science, policy and management of rivers: Peter Cullen’s legacy

G. E. Likens acknowledges support from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and a CERF Fellowship at the Australian National University. P. S. Lake acknowledges support from a CERF Fellowship. The authors acknowledge contributions to this manuscript from published obituaries for the late Peter Cullen. The authors thank the two anonymous referees and the editor for their helpful comments on this manuscript.

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