New Perspectives on the Marine Carbon Cycle–The Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Reactivity Continuum
- Award ID(s):
- 1829888
- PAR ID:
- 10408982
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Chemical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 9
- ISSN:
- 0013-936X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 5371-5380
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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