Biogeochemical implications of levee confinement in the lowermost mississippi river

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Volumn 84, Issue 44, 2003, Pages

  Galler, J J ^a   Bianchi, T S ^a   Alison, M A ^a   Wysocki, L A ^a   Campanella, R ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28044437619     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003EO440001     Document Type: Article

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