Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments

Progress in Oceanography - Tập 55 - Trang 287-333 - 2002
U. Passow1
1Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven D-27570, Germany

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