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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6267-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6267-2013
Research article
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07 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 07 Oct 2013

Vertical distribution of methane oxidation and methanotrophic response to elevated methane concentrations in stratified waters of the Arctic fjord Storfjorden (Svalbard, Norway)

S. Mau, J. Blees, E. Helmke, H. Niemann, and E. Damm

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