Detrital aggregates on the sea floor: Chemical composition and aerobic decomposition rates at a time-series station in the abyssal NE Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 843-880

  Smith Jr , K L ^a   Baldwin, R J ^a   Glatts, R C ^a   Kaufmann, R S ^b   Fisher, E C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032052466     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(98)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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