Marine anoxia impede the transformation of dissolved organic carbon released by kelp into refractory dissolved

Lingyun Zhao1, Hongyan Xing2, Rongyu Xin2

  • 1College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.

Marine Pollution Bulletin
|December 9, 2024
PubMed

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