A method for measuring methane oxidation rates using lowlevels of 14C-labeled methane and accelerator mass spectrometry

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 9, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages 245-260

  Pack, Mary A ^a   Heintz, Monica B ^b   Reeburgh, William S ^a   Trumbore, Susan E ^a   Valentine, David L ^b   Xu, Xiaomei ^a   Druffel, Ellen R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960464314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.245     Document Type: Article

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