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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3615-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3615-2013
Research article
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03 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2013

Emission of atmospherically significant halocarbons by naturally occurring and farmed tropical macroalgae

Emma C. Leedham Elvidge, C. Hughes, F. S. L. Keng, S.-M. Phang, G. Malin, and W. T. Sturges

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