Articles | Volume 12, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5261-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5261-2015
Research article
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16 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2015

Seasonal methane accumulation and release from a gas emission site in the central North Sea

S. Mau, T. Gentz, J.-H. Körber, M. E. Torres, M. Römer, H. Sahling, P. Wintersteller, R. Martinez, M. Schlüter, and E. Helmke

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