HydroCrowd: A citizen science snapshot to assess the spatial control of nitrogen solutes in surface waters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Breuer, Lutz ^a   Hiery, Noreen ^a   Kraft, Philipp ^a   Bach, Martin ^a   Aubert, Alice H ^a   Frede, Hans Georg ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84946934919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16503     Document Type: Article

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