Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Battin, Tom J ^a,b   Kaplan, Louis A ^c   Findlay, Stuart ^d   Hopkinson, Charles S ^e   Marti, Eugenia ^f   Packman, Aaron I ^g   Newbold, J Denis ^c   Sabater, Francesc ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^c STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^g Northwestern University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 51249119056     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo101     Document Type: Article

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