A modified diffusion-based methane sensor and its application in freshwater sediment

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 275-283

  Bussmann, Ingeborg ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 33748695763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2006.4.275     Document Type: Article

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