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Atmospheric methane sources: Alaskan tundra bogs, an alpine fen, and a subarctic boreal marsh Cover

Atmospheric methane sources: Alaskan tundra bogs, an alpine fen, and a subarctic boreal marsh

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|Jan 1986

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 10
Submitted on: Jul 26, 1985
Accepted on: Nov 25, 1985
Published on: Jan 1, 1986
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1986 Daniel I. Sebacher, Robert C. Harriss, Karen B. Bartlett, Shirley M. Sebacher, Shirley M. Sebacher, published by Stockholm University Press
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