Improved measurement of microbial activity in deep-sea sediments at in situ pressure and methane concentration

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 9, Issue OCTOBER, 2011, Pages 499-506

  Bowles, Marshall W ^a   Samarkin, Vladimir A ^a   Joye, Samantha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 82255193064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2011.9.499     Document Type: Article

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