Dissolved nitrogen and humic substances in the NEW Greenland Polynya.

LARA, RUBÉN JOSÉ; HUBBERTEN, ULRIKE; KATTNER, GERHARD

REPORTS ON POLAR RESEARCH

Alfred Wegener Foundation

Lugar: Bremerhaven; Año: 1992 p. 26 - 34

0176-5027

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