Sources and transport of lipids on Amazon continental shelf

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-16

  Elias, Vladimir O ^a,b   Cardoso, Jari N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001989670     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01218831     Document Type: Article

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