New cell extraction procedure applied to deep subsurface sediments

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 236-245

  Kallmeyer, Jens ^a,b   Smith, David C ^a   Spivack, Arthur J ^a   D'Hondt, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 46749105569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2008.6.236     Document Type: Article

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