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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3809-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-3809-2013
Research article
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13 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2013

Natural and Fukushima-derived radioactivity in macroalgae and mussels along the Japanese shoreline

Z. Baumann, N. Casacuberta, H. Baumann, P. Masqué, and N. S. Fisher

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