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Original Articles

The effect of temperature on leaching and subsequent decomposition of dissolved carbon from inundated floodplain litter: implications for the generation of hypoxic blackwater in lowland floodplain rivers

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Pages 491-500 | Received 25 Oct 2013, Accepted 10 Jan 2014, Published online: 18 Feb 2014

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