Aquatic Primary Productivity and the 14C-CO2 Method: A History of the Productivity Problem

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• Publication year

  1980

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  1980-11-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ES.11.110180.002043
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