Sources and pathways of organic carbon in the modern Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean): Implications from biological, geochemical and geological data

Polarforschung

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 193-205

  Fahl, Kirsten ^a   Cremer, Holger ^a,b   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^c   Hanssen, Hinrich ^c   Hölemann, Jens ^d   Kassens, Heidemarie ^d   Knickmeier, Katrin ^c   Kosobokova, Ksenia ^e   Kunz Pirrung, Martina ^a   Lindemann, Frank ^d   Markhaseva, Elena ^f   Lischka, Silke ^c   Petryashov, Victor ^f   Piepenburg, Dieter ^c   Schmid, Michael ^c   Spindler, Michael ^c   Stein, Ruediger ^a   Tuschling, Kirsten ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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