Measuring the in situ carbon isotopic composition of distinct marine plankton populations sorted by flow cytometry

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 87-99

  Hansman, Roberta L ^a,b   Sessions, Alex L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 85000702128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10073     Document Type: Article

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