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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3349-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3349-2013
Research article
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21 May 2013
Research article |  | 21 May 2013

Intrusion of coastal waters into the pelagic eastern Mediterranean: in situ and satellite-based characterization

S. Efrati, Y. Lehahn, E. Rahav, N. Kress, B. Herut, I. Gertman, R. Goldman, T. Ozer, M. Lazar, and E. Heifetz

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