Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-535-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-535-2016
Research article
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28 Jan 2016
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2016

Unusual biogenic calcite structures in two shallow lakes, James Ross Island, Antarctica

J. Elster, L. Nedbalová, R. Vodrážka, K. Láska, J. Haloda, and J. Komárek

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