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Title: Adding stable carbon isotopes improves model representation of the role of microbial communities in peatland methane cycling: MODELING STABLE C ISOTOPE IN CH4 CYCLING
NSF-PAR ID:
10045567
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Volume:
9
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1942-2466
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1412 to 1430
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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