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Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen
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VI. Running Waters

Particulate and dissolved carbon in the Amazon River: a preliminary annual budget

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Pages 914-917 | Published online: 01 Dec 2017

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