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Title: The effect of sample drying temperature on marine particulate organic carbon composition: Drying temperature effects on marine POC
Award ID(s):
1755125
NSF-PAR ID:
10067248
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
Volume:
16
Issue:
5
ISSN:
1541-5856
Page Range / eLocation ID:
286 to 298
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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