Underwater cryotrap-membrane inlet system (CT-MIS) for improved in situ analysis of gases

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 317-328

  Gentz, Torben ^a   Schlüter, Michael ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 85008639506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.317     Document Type: Article

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