Articles | Volume 11, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5763-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5763-2014
Research article
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16 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2014

Accumulation of nitrogen and organic matter during primary succession of Leymus arenarius dunes on the volcanic island Surtsey, Iceland

G. Stefansdottir, A. L. Aradottir, and B. D. Sigurdsson

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