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Volume 33, 2001 - Issue 4: High-Mountain Lakes and Streams: Indicators of a Changing World
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Spatial Scaling of Hydrological and Biogeochemical Aspects of High-Altitude Catchments in the Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.

Al LeydeckerDonald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, U.S.A.
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James O. SickmanDonald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, U.S.A.
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John M. MelackDonald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106, U.S.A.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 391-396 | Published online: 02 May 2018

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