Riverine contribution of biogenic silica to the oceanic silica budget

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 774-777

  Conley, Daniel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 0030729351     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.4.0774     Document Type: Article

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