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Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry

Santos, Isaac R., Chen, Xiaogang, Lecher, Alanna L., Sawyer, Audrey H., Moosdorf, Nils, Rodellas, Valentí, Tamborski, Joseph, Cho, Hyung-Mi, Dimova, Natasha, Sugimoto, Ryo, Bonaglia, Stefano, Li, Hailong, Hajati, Mithra-Christin, Li, Ling·2021·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
DOI 10.1038/s43017-021-00152-0
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Santos, I. R., Chen, X., Lecher, A. L., Sawyer, A. H., Moosdorf, N., Rodellas, V., Tamborski, J., Cho, H.-M., Dimova, N., Sugimoto, R., Bonaglia, S., Li, H., Hajati, M.-C., & Li, L.
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2021-03-30
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