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Allochthonous dissolved organic carbon in river, lake and coastal systems: transport, function and ecological role

Simon M. Mitrovic A B D and Darren S. Baldwin C
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A Ecosystem Security Team, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.

B New South Wales Department of Primary Industries: Water, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Private Bag 4008, Narellan, NSW 2567, Australia.

C CSIRO Land and Water and the Murray–Darling Freshwater Research Centre, PO Box 821, Wodonga, Vic. 3689, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: simon.mitrovic@uts.edu.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 67(9) i-iv https://doi.org/10.1071/MFv67n9_ED
Published: 16 August 2016

Additional keywords: DOC, food webs.


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