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Original Articles

Estimation of the annual primary production of the lichen Cetrariella delisei in a glacier foreland in the High Arctic, Ny-Ølesund, Svalbard

Masaki UchidaNational Institute of Polar Research, Kaga 1-chome, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8515, Japan;
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Takayuki NakatsuboDept. of Environmental Dynamics and Management, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-7-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan;
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Hiroshi KandaNational Institute of Polar Research, Kaga 1-chome, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8515, Japan;
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Hiroshi KoizumiRiver Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
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