Can land use intensification in the Mallee, Australia increase the supply of soluble iron to the Southern Ocean?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bhattachan, Abinash ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84905976258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06009     Document Type: Article

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