Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon production and release from UK peatlands

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 237-249

  Fenner, Nathalie ^a   Freeman, Chris ^a   Worrall, Fred ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892551158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000823     Document Type: Article

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