Nitrogen Dynamics of Coastal Salt Marshes

Nitrogen in the Marine Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 991-1036

  Hopkinson, Charles S ^a   Giblin, Anne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-372522-6.00022-0     Document Type: Chapter

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