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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7609-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7609-2013
Research article
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22 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2013

Benthic fluxes of dissolved organic nitrogen in the lower St. Lawrence estuary and implications for selective organic matter degradation

M. Alkhatib, P. A. del Giorgio, Y. Gelinas, and M. F. Lehmann

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