Sources and fate of nitrate in a groundwater-fed estuary elucidated using stable isotope ratios of nitrogen and oxygen

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1493-1509

  Wong, Wei Wen ^a   Grace, Michael R ^a   Cartwright, Ian ^a   Cook, Perran L M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84905046561     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1493     Document Type: Article

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