The effects of solar radiation on the stability of 3H-thymidine and 3H-leucine during bacterioplankton production measurements

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2010, Pages 562-566

  Vaughan, Pamela ^a   Bullock, Avery ^a   Joux, Fabien ^b,c   Jeffrey, Wade H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149363954     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2010.8.562     Document Type: Article

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