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Interacting effects of climate and agriculture on fluvial DOM in temperate and subtropical catchments
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
G. Goyenola
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Centro Universitario Regional Este, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repũblica, Maldonado, Uruguay
M. Meerhoff
Centro Universitario Regional Este, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repũblica, Maldonado, Uruguay
E. Zwirnmann
Chemical Analytics and Biogeochemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
N. B. Ovesen
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
M. Glendell
Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
J. Gelbrecht
Chemical Analytics and Biogeochemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
F. Teixeira de Mello
Centro Universitario Regional Este, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repũblica, Maldonado, Uruguay
I. González-Bergonzoni
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Centro Universitario Regional Este, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repũblica, Maldonado, Uruguay
Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
E. Jeppesen
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Beijing, China
B. Kronvang
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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