Massive nitrous oxide emissions from the tropical South Pacific Ocean

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 530-533

  Arevalo Martinez D L ^a   Kock, A ^a   Loscher C R ^b   Schmitz, R A ^b   Bange, H W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84934287288     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2469     Document Type: Article

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