Jellyfish Lake, Palau: Regeneration of C, N, Si, and P in anoxic marine lake sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1394-1403

  Lyons, W Berry ^a,e   Lent, Robert M ^a,c   Burnett, William C ^b   Chin, Philip ^b   Landing, William M ^b   Orem, William H ^c   McArthur, John M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0001464966     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1394     Document Type: Article

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