Nitrogen Stable Isotopes in Marine Environments

Nitrogen in the Marine Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1277-1302

  Montoya, Joseph P ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-372522-6.00029-3     Document Type: Chapter

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