Reply to comment by Jinchun Yuan et al. on "Reduction of primary production and changing of nutrient ratio in the East China Sea: Effect of the Three Gorges Dam?"

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Gong, G C ^a   Hung, C C ^a   Chang, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34548600087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029633     Document Type: Note

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