Distributions of in situ parameters, dissolved (in)organic carbon, and nutrients in the water column and pore waters of Arctic fjords (western Spitsbergen) during a melting season

Saghravani, Seyed Reza; Böttcher, Michael Ernst; Hong, Wei-Li; Kuliński, Karol; Lepland, Aivo; Sen, Arunima; Szymczycha, Beata

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Distributions of in situ parameters, dissolved (in)organic carbon, and nutrients in the water column and pore waters of Arctic fjords (western Spitsbergen) during a melting season

Seyed Reza Saghravani, Michael Ernst Böttcher, Wei-Li Hong, Karol Kuliński, Aivo Lepland, Arunima Sen, and Beata Szymczycha

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