Floodplain influence on dissolved organic matter composition and export from the Mississippi–Atchafalaya river system to the Gulf of Mexico

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1149-1160

  Shen, Yuan ^a   Fichot, Cédric G ^a   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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GYMNOSPERMAE; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84877637686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.4.1149     Document Type: Article

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