Photochemical reactivity of dissolved lignin in river and ocean waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1297-1304

  Opsahl, Stephen ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0031766536     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.6.1297     Document Type: Article

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