Establishing an Anthropogenic Nitrogen Baseline Using Native American Shell Middens
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1 Atlantic Ecology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI, USA, 2 Economics and Environmental Sciences Departments, Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, USA, 3 Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 4 Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, USA, 5 Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
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تاریخ انتشار 2016