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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1869-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1869-2013
Research article
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19 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2013

The impact of sea-level rise on organic matter decay rates in Chesapeake Bay brackish tidal marshes

M. L. Kirwan, J. A. Langley, G. R. Guntenspergen, and J. P. Megonigal

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