Methyl iodide production in the open ocean

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4459-4476

  Stemmler, I ^a,c   Hense, I ^a   Quack, B ^b   Maier Reimer, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84906712069     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4459-2014     Document Type: Article

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