Microbial mats promote surface water retention in proglacial streams

Paccolat, Jonas; de Anna, Pietro; Lane, Stuart Nicholas; Peter, Hannes Markus; Battin, Tom

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Microbial mats promote surface water retention in proglacial streams

Jonas Paccolat, Pietro de Anna, Stuart Nicholas Lane, Hannes Markus Peter, and Tom Battin

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