A novel optical sensor designed to measure methane bubble sizes in situ

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 712-721

  Delwiche, Kyle ^a   Senft Grupp, Schuyler ^a   Hemond, Harold ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 85000501232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10060     Document Type: Article

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