Assessing the biodegradability of terrestrially-derived organic matter in Scottish sea loch sediments
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1 UHI Millennium Institute, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK 2 Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK 3 Environmental Systems Research Group, Geography Department, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK * now at: Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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