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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4953-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4953-2015
Research article
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19 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 19 Aug 2015

Biogeochemistry of a large and deep tropical lake (Lake Kivu, East Africa: insights from a stable isotope study covering an annual cycle

C. Morana, F. Darchambeau, F. A. E. Roland, A. V. Borges, F. Muvundja, Z. Kelemen, P. Masilya, J.-P. Descy, and S. Bouillon

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