Floodplain ecosystem processes

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 186, Issue , 2009, Pages 525-541

  Melack, John M ^a   Novo, Evlyn M L M ^b   Forsberg, Bruce R ^c   Piedade, Maria T F ^c   Maurice, Laurence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 84899867272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000721     Document Type: Article

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