A heat-induced molecular signature in marine dissolved organic matter

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Dittmar, Thorsten ^a,b   Paeng, Jiyoung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65349171536     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo440     Document Type: Article

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