Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved organic matter

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Amon, Rainer M W ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0030052999     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.1.0041     Document Type: Article

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